1. Effect of recording condition on the diffraction efficiency of magnetic hologram with magnetic garnet films.
- Author
-
Yuichi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Takagi, Pang Boey Lim, and Mitsuteru Inoue
- Subjects
HOLOGRAPHIC memory (Computers) ,BIT rate ,DIFFRACTION patterns ,COMPUTER storage devices ,DATA transmission systems - Abstract
A holographic memory has been attracting attention as recording media with high recording density and high data transfer rate. We have studied the magnetic garnets as a rewritable and long life media for magnetic holography. However, since the signal intensity of reconstructed image was relatively low, the effects of recording conditions on the diffraction efficiency of magnetic hologram were investigated with experiments and the numerical simulation using COMSOL multiphysics. The diffraction efficiency tends to decrease as increasing the spatial frequency, and the use of short pulse laser with the pulse width of 50 ps was found to be effective to achieve high diffraction efficiency. This suggests that the formation of clear magnetic fringe similar to interference pattern can be obtained by the use of short pulse laser since undesirable heat diffusion during radiation does not occur. On the other hand, the diffraction efficiency increased as increasing the film thickness up to 3.1 µm but was saturated in the garnet film thicker than 3.1 µm in the case of spatial frequency of 1500 line pair/mm. The numerical simulation showed that the effective depth of magnetic fringe was limited about 1.8 lm irrespective of the garnet film thickness because the fringes were connected by thermal diffusion near the surface of the film, and the effective depth is limited due to this connection of the magnetic fringe. Avoiding this fringe connection, much higher diffraction efficiency will be achieved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2014
- Full Text
- View/download PDF