Experimental demonstration of a holographic memory with a surface density of 100 bits/(µm^2)

Abstract

The next generation compact disc due in early 1997, the Digital-Video-Disc (DVD), will have a capacity of ~6 Gbytes per layer, for a maximum planned capacity of ~20 Gbytes per double-sided disk with two layers on each side. That translates to a surface density of approximately 20 bits/(µm^2) for the four-layered DVD disk. In order for holographic three-dimensional disks to be competitive, we must demonstrate a much higher surface density than the most advanced DVD.