Ring-shaped prism of a holographic ROM system
View Patent ↗A holographic system for storing data on an interference pattern in a hologram storage medium includes a light source for emitting a laser beam, a beam splitter, modulating means and a refractive material. The beam splitter divides the laser beam into a reference beam and a signal beam and the modulating means modulates the signal beam to generate a modulated signal beam. The refractive material refracts the reference beam to generate a refracted reference beam, wherein the refracted reference beam interferes with the modulated signal beam in the hologram storage medium to generate the interference pattern.
1. A holographic system for storing data on an interference pattern in a hologram storage medium, which comprises:
a light source for emitting a laser beam;
a beam splitter for dividing the laser beam into a reference beam and a signal beam;
means for modulating the signal beam to generate a modulated signal beam; and
a refractive material for refracting the reference beam to generate a refracted reference beam, wherein the refracted reference beam interferes with the modulated signal beam in the hologram storage medium to generate the interference pattern,
wherein the refractive material is a ring-shaped prism for conically dispersing the refracted reference beam on the hologram storage medium, the ring-shaped prism being a truncated cone including in an inner channel formed therein, the inner channel having a first refractive surface to which the reference beam is provided and a second refractive surface from which the reference beam is outputted.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein an optical path of the refracted reference beam depends on a refractive index of the refractive material.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the refractive material is made of PbO—SiO 2 .
4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the refractive index of the refractive material depends on PbO content in PbO—SiO 2 .
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first refractive surface is at an angle to the reference beam incident thereupon and the second refractive surface is at an angle to the reference beam transmitted with the angle being other than at 90°.