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A COHERENTLY-COUPLED MULTILAYER 3-D MEMORY BASED ON A VECTORIAL RECORDING MEDIUM

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 14997
Amount: $50,826.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1991
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
20600 Gramercy Place Suite 10 3
Torrance, CA 90501
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Gajendra Savant
 Principal Investigator
 (213) 320-3088
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
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Abstract

PHYSICAL OPTICS CORPORATION (POC) PROPOSES TO INVESTIGATE POLARIZATION HOLOGRAPHIC COMPOUND COHERENTLY COUPLED (PHC3) MEDIUM FOR 3-D OPTICAL MEMORY. THE PHC3 MEDIUM IS A THICK STRUCTURE CAPABLE OF RECORDING, BY POLARIZATION VECTOR PHOTOINDUCED BIREFRIGENCE, POLARIZATION SELECTIVE HOLOGRAMS WITH GOOD RECORDING QUALITIES, HIGH DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY, AND HIGH SELECTIVITY. INCORPORATING PHC3 MEDIUM INTO A NOVEL MULTILAYER PAGEORIENTATED HOLOGRAPHIC MEMORY (MPOHM) ARCHITECTURE, POC IS PREPARED TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A NEW 3-D OPTICAL MEMORY DEVICE. THE MPOHM CONCEPT IS THE FIRST TO SPATIALLY SEPARATE AND ACCESS HOLOGRAMS IN THREE DIMENSIONS. MEMORY LOCATIONS ARE ADDRESSED BY AN ACOUSTOOPTIC BEAM DEFLECTOR AND ELECTROOPTIC POLARIZATION SWITCHES. WITH AN ADDRESSING SPEED OF ONE MICROSECOND OR LESS, THE RANDOM ACCESS RATE APPROACHES AN IMPRESSIVE 1.0 X 10^15 BYTES/SECOND. INPHASE I, THE MEMORY MEDIUM PHC3 WILL BE OPTIMIZED AND DEMONSTRATED IN A MPOHM ARCHITECTURE. PHASE II WILL MAXIMIZE STORAGE CAPACITY AND ACCESS RATE OF THE MPOHM DEVICE.

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