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A new method, wavelength diversity detection (WDD), for improving signal quality is proposed and its effectiveness is numerically confirmed. We consider that WDD is especially effective for high-capacity systems having low hologram diffraction efficiencies. In such systems, the signal quality is primarily limited by coherent scattering noise; thus, effective improvement of the signal quality under a scattering-limited system is of great interest. WDD utilizes a new degree of freedom, the spectrum width, and scattering by molecules to improve the signal quality of the system. We found that WDD improves the quality by counterbalancing the degradation of the quality due to Bragg mismatch. With WDD, a higher-scattering-coefficient medium can improve the quality. The result provides an interesting insight into the requirements for material characteristics, especially for a large-M/# material. In general, a larger-M/# material contains more molecules; thus, the system is subject to more scattering, which actually improves the quality with WDD. We propose a pathway for a future holographic data storage system (HDSS) using WDD, which can record a larger amount of data than a conventional HDSS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A practical optical system design that takes into account environmental factors is highly desirable. However, it is in general a time-consuming process, which requires a massive iterations of simulations. This is also one of the bottlenecks of the optical design of angular multiplexed holographic data storage systems. To develop a practical method to evaluate the effect of vibrations, a three-dimensional vibration model is developed. The model describes the vibration effect on normalized intensity on the basis of a single statistical figure of merit. Such a single figure of merits is adopted for designing a robust and efficient write strategy, which is applicable to a wide range of vibration waveforms to increase write data transfer rate. Also, optimum optical system parameters are identified. We propose a numerical aperture of 0.572 and a pixel pitch of 6.9 µm which can improve capacity and data transfer rate without sacrificing the vibration margin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mechanical instabilities during recording and involved degradation of signal quality in high density and high data transfer rate holographic data storage system (HDSS) is one of the obstacles to prevent the technology from being a stable system. We analytically formulated effects of mechanical instabilities of a Galvano mirror and spindle motor on the HDSS by incorporating the concept of a time-averaged holography. Mechanical parameters such as amplitude and frequency of mechanical oscillation are related to optical parameters such as amplitude and phase of reference and signal beams. Especially, the analytical formulation led to a new method of optical and post compensation for mechanical instability during recording hologram. The optical post compensation method enables a robust implementation of HDSS against mechanical instabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is crucial to understand the effects of random mechanical vibration on holographic data storage system, but such effects have not yet been formalized. Therefore, we developed a generalized formalization of vibration effects using a concept of time-averaged holography. Normalized intensity as a function of a statistical measure of vibration waveforms is simulated by simple harmonic oscillation, then normalized intensity is predicted well even for random vibration waveforms. Servo and mechanical systems will be designed solely by specifying the required signal level, which enables efficient product development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]