How does holographic storage work?

  • Benn Thomsen, Microsoft

This video shows how holographic storage works, using green light to write data as a persistent hologram inside an optical crystal. The data can then be read back from the hologram using another green light signal. The media is rewritable after erasure with UV light.

The Project HSD team at Microsoft Research Cambridge are working in collaboration with Azure, investigating holographic optical storage.

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