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Holographic memory using beam steering

Chao et al., 2007

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18352980022310951366
Author
Chao T
Hanan J
Reyes G
Zhou H
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A method, apparatus, and system provide the ability for storing holograms at high speed. A single laser diode emits a collimated laser beam to both write to and read from a photorefractice crystal. One or more liquid crystal beam steering spatial light modulators …
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