Application of Lippmann interference photography to data storage

Abstract

Lippmann’s interference photography is an elegant process to record coloured images in the volume of a sensitive material. We propose to use this technique for wavelength multiplexed data storage in a page-oriented approach. Using computer simulations, we demonstrate that the capacities reached with this technique are similar to those reached by volume holographic data storage.

Keywords

• optical data storage: holographic and volume memories
• holography: volume gratings