Collinear Holography

Collinear Holography

Provides state-of-the-art, in-depth knowledge on the principles, devices, and applications of collinear holography

In the era of Big Data, traditional magnetic and optical storage technologies are unable to satisfy the growing demand for reliable, scalable, cost-effective, and energy-efficient data storage. Holographic storage, considered the most promising technology for meeting the future storage needs of the information age, adopts a three-dimensional volume storage mode with a theoretical storage density vastly greater than conventional optical disks.

Collinear Holography: Devices, Materials, Data Storage is a comprehensive, up-to-date account of the volumetric recording technology that combines large storage capacities with high transfer rates and exceptional reliability in optical data storage systems. Written by pioneers in the field, this authoritative book provides detailed coverage of the key technological approaches, theories, applications, systems, devices, and components in the rapidly advancing field of holographic data storage.

• Explains the principles of collinear holography, its different system setups, key devices and components, and current challenges
• Describes the materials, data and media formats, servo controls, and read/write characteristics of collinear holography storage systems
• Details collinear holography in current applications such as holo-printing, -correlation, and encryption
• Discusses futures technologies including the Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) and the The Holographic Versatile Card (HVC)

Collinear Holography: Devices, Materials, Data Storage is an indispensable resource for applied physicists, electrical engineers, and materials and information scientists in both academia and industry.

Xiaodi Tan is Professor in the School of Optoelectronics at Beijing Institute of Technology, China. He obtained his PhD in Applied Physics from The University of Tokyo, Japan. Before joining Beijing Institute of Technology, he worked as a Senior Engineer in the Technology Division of OPTWARE Corporation, Japan, researching and developing the next generation of optical storage systems, and then worked as a Senior Technology Analyst, Distinguished Engineer and Optical Technology Manager of Core Device Development Group in Sony Corporation, Japan. His research interests are in information optics, including holographic storage, optical information display and optical devices.

Hideyoshi Horimai is President of HolyMine Corporation. He obtained his Master’s degree at Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan. He worked for more than thirteen years on the latest technology developments in optical disc memories at SONY Corporation, and applied for more than 250 patents. He is an inventor of polarized collinear holography, a basis of realizing holographic memory to commercial products. In 1999, he founded OPTWARE Corporation and held the office of President until 2005. He is also visiting professor at Toyohashi University of Technology and a part-time teacher at Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan.

Tsutomu Shimura is Professor in the Department of Fundamental Engineering at The University of Tokyo, Japan. After his PhD he became a faculty member in the Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo. He also worked as a postdoctoral fellow at National Research Council, Canada. He has been working in the field of the photorefractive effects and the phase conjugate optics for long years. His current research interests focus on holographic data storage systems and their recording materials, spin wave optics, and plasmonics.

Xiao Lin got doctoral degree from Beijing Institute of Technology in 2018. He joined in the Information Photonics Research Center of Fujian Normal University in 2018. His research interests are holographic data storage, photopolymer material, phase image retrieval and 3-dimensional display etc.