Multi-dimensional Optical Storage

This book presents principles and applications to expand the storage space from 2-D to 3-D and even multi-D, including gray scale, color (light with different wavelength), polarization and coherence of light. These actualize the improvements of density, capacity and data transfer rate for optical data storage. Moreover, the applied implementation technologies to make mass data storage devices are described systematically. Some new mediums, which have linear absorption characteristics for different wavelength and intensity to light with high sensitivity, are introduced for multi-wavelength and multi-level optical storage. This book can serve as a useful reference for researchers, engineers, graduate and undergraduate students in material science, information science and optics. Front Matter....Pages i-xix Introduction....Pages 1-71 Mechanism of Multidimensional Optical Storage....Pages 73-153 Recording Materials and Process....Pages 155-219 Super Resolution and Laser Sources....Pages 221-299 Multi-wavelength and Multi-level (MW/ML) Storage Systems....Pages 301-405 Tridimensional (3D) Optical Storage....Pages 407-480 Volume Holography and Dynamic Static Speckle Multiplexing....Pages 481-572 Multitrack Superposed and Polarized Recording....Pages 573-650 Back Matter....Pages 651-679