WO2003098360A1 - Dispositif d'enregistrement d'hologramme et dispositif de reproduction d'hologramme - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a hologram recording device that irradiates a hologram recording medium with a signal light via a spatial light modulator and records information, and a technology of a horodram reproduction device that reproduces information from the hologram recording medium.
- a hologram recording device that irradiates a hologram recording medium with a signal light via a spatial light modulator and records information
- a technology of a horodram reproduction device that reproduces information from the hologram recording medium.
- a spatial light modulator that is configured by a liquid crystal device or the like and modulates according to recording information to be recorded is irradiated with laser light as signal light.
- the spatial light modulator has cells arranged in a matrix in a plane, and modulates the signal light by changing the light transmittance of each cell according to recording information.
- the modulated signal light is emitted at different emission angles as a plurality of diffraction lights such as a zero-order light and a first-order light by a diffraction phenomenon in a cell having a fine pitch.
- the emission angle is defined by the cell pitch, which is a modulation unit.
- the signal light modulated by the spatial light modulator configured as described above and the reference light that does not pass through the spatial light modulator are caused to interfere on the hologram recording medium.
- the hologram recording medium is configured so that the recording information is recorded as a wavefront.
- the 0th-order light and the 1st-order light (for example, one of a plurality of generated primary lights) as the signal light from the spatial light modulator are It is irradiated onto a recording area of about 1 mm diameter on the recording medium. At this time, independent recording is possible by changing some parameters such as the irradiation angle of the signal light on the recording medium. Therefore, it is said that information can be recorded at high density. Disclosure of the invention
- the cell size or the pixel pitch size in the spatial light modulator is reduced, the difference in the emission angle between the 0th-order light and the 1st-order light due to the diffraction, and further, The interval between these condensing positions on the program recording medium is widened. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the area of the recording area in the hologram recording medium irradiated with these diffracted lights. Alternatively, it is necessary to increase the size of the spatial light modulator and the optical system on the exit side thereof. In particular, in order to record on a large recording area, a powerful light source such as a semiconductor laser device having a huge power is required, which is extremely disadvantageous from a practical viewpoint such as cost. It is. Therefore, when the cell size or the pixel pitch size in the spatial light modulator is reduced, it is practically difficult to keep the hologram recording device small or to increase the recording density.
- the cell size or the pixel pitch size is increased, the difference in the exit angle or the interval between the 0th-order light and the 1st-order light is reduced, but this time, the hologram recording is increased due to the increase in the cell or pixel pitch.
- the recording capacity or the amount of information that can be recorded on the medium is fundamentally reduced.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and has an object to provide a hologram recording apparatus and a hologram reproducing apparatus that can improve a recording density and a recording capacity and are suitable for miniaturization. I do.
- a hologram recording device of the present invention includes: a recording light source that irradiates a light source light including a signal light and a reference light; and a plurality of light sources arranged in an optical path of the signal light and arranged in a matrix. , And each cell block is divided into a plurality of cells arranged in a matrix of MXN (where M and N are each a natural number of 2 or more) and modulated in units of the cells.
- MXN where M and N are each a natural number of 2 or more
- Control means for controlling the spatial light modulator so as to perform modulation on the signal light with one or a plurality of cells occupying a part of each cell block as a modulation unit in accordance with each of the cell blocks.
- Control means Is With respect to a recording area corresponding to the cell block on the hologram recording medium, the plurality of pieces of recorded information are compared with each other by signal light modulated in a plurality of modulation units having different cell patterns in the cell block.
- the spatial light modulator is controlled so that recording is performed before and after.
- the recording light source of the semiconductor laser device or the like irradiates a light source light such as a laser beam.
- the light source light includes signal light and reference light.
- the spatial light modulator arranged in the optical path of the signal light for example, composed of a liquid crystal device or the like, is controlled by the control means to control the inside of each cell block according to each of a plurality of pieces of recording information to be recorded.
- the signal light is modulated using one or a plurality of cells that occupy a part of the signal as a modulation unit.
- the optical system guides the modulated signal light and the reference light onto the hologram recording medium.
- the recorded information is recorded as a wavefront on the hologram recording medium due to the interference between the signal light and the reference light.
- the signal light and the reference light included in the light source light are separated from each other by an optical system such as a beam splitter, and then the signal light is incident on the spatial modulator and the reference light is not incident on the spatial modulator. May be configured.
- the signal light and the reference light included in the light source light may be configured to be incident on the spatial modulator without being separated. In the latter case, for example, a so-called "self-coupling method" may be adopted, and the zero-order component of the signal light emitted from the spatial modulator may function as the reference light. At this time, the reference light need not have phase information.
- the spatial light modulator is divided into a plurality of cell blocks arranged in a matrix. Further, this cell block is divided into a plurality of cells arranged in an MXN matrix.
- a plurality of modulation units existing in the same cell block are defined to have one or a plurality of cells and have mutually different cell patterns.
- the modulation unit is composed of 4 cells or 3 cells vertically and horizontally in the cell block. They have different cell patterns.
- the modulation unit is composed of one cell and has a mutually different cell pattern.
- the spatial light modulator thus configured and capable of modulating on a cell-by-cell basis operates during its operation.
- the same recording area on the hologram recording medium corresponding to the same cell block is subjected to a plurality of signal lights modulated by a plurality of modulation units existing in the same cell block.
- the recording information is superimposed and recorded one after another.
- the operation of sequentially recording a plurality of pieces of recording information in the same recording area corresponding to the same cell block is performed simultaneously or successively for each of the plurality of cell blocks of the spatial light modulator.
- Such an operation of sequentially recording in the modulation unit for all of the 65-by-65 cell blocks is performed simultaneously or one after another.
- the recording area of the hologram recording medium is set to be relatively large with respect to the signal light, and the recording in the plurality of recording areas corresponding to the plurality of cell blocks is performed on a part of the hologram recording medium. Alternatively, the same recording may be performed on another portion of the hologram recording medium. Alternatively, after recording on a plurality of recording areas corresponding to such a plurality of cell blocks, after sequentially changing the angle of the signal light, the phase and amplitude of the reference light, recording on the same plurality of recording areas is performed in the same manner. May be repeated.
- the degree of diffraction of signal light in the spatial light modulator is defined, that is, the difference between the emission angles of higher-order lights such as 0-order light, primary light, and secondary light is defined.
- the degree of diffraction that is, the order of higher-order light such as 0-order light, primary light, and secondary light
- the difference in emission angle can be reduced.
- the recording density can be increased to about the same level as when recording individual cells as modulation units, for example.
- the scale of the optical system such as the spatial light modulator and the optical system and the area of the hologram recording medium are reduced. It is possible to reduce the size and weight of the entire device. Furthermore, a relatively low light intensity is sufficient for the recording light source, which is extremely advantageous from the viewpoint of cost and the like.
- signal light and signal Since the optical path and phase of the reference light can be fixed and the same recording area can be successively recorded while being fixed, the device configuration and its control can be simplified.
- the spatial light modulator records the recording information in parallel for each cell block.
- the advantage of the hologram recording medium as the memory of the distributed system can be effectively utilized.
- a series of operations for sequentially recording in the unit of modulation in each cell block may be performed by a plurality of not all senole blocks, or It may be performed in order for each cell block.
- the climbing unit includes a plurality of cells arranged in a predetermined pattern in each of the cell blocks.
- each cell block recording is performed by modulating the signal light in a modulation unit including a plurality of cells arranged in a predetermined pattern. For this reason, the light pattern, light intensity distribution, etc. of the answer obtained at the time of reproduction corresponding to the predetermined pattern in advance, the modulation unit and the content of the recording information recorded in the modulation unit (for example, “0” or “1”)
- the relationship between the hologram recording media and the multi-values (including the intermediate level) is determined by experimentation, empirical, theoretical, simulation, etc.
- the recording information recorded in each recording area can be specified for each modulation unit, and the content of the recording information can be specified. That is, recorded information can be reproduced from the hologram recording medium.
- the modulation units are arranged in a matrix of n X m (where n is a natural number equal to or less than N, m is a natural number equal to or less than M, and n + m ⁇ N + M) in each of the cell blocks. It may consist of a plurality of cells arranged.
- the predetermined pattern for the modulation unit is, for example, an nXm rectangular or square pattern that is slightly smaller than a rectangular or square cell block. Therefore, the relationship between the light pattern of chopsticks obtained at the time of reproduction corresponding to the predetermined pattern, the modulation unit, and the content of the recorded information recorded in the modulation unit can be relatively easily determined experimentally and experimentally. It can be specified by a theoretical, theoretical, or simulation. By overlapping rectangular or square patterns in the same cell block, It is also possible to increase the number of pieces of record information that can be recorded in the recording area corresponding to the same cell block. As a result, recorded information can be recorded on the hologram recording medium at a high density, and the recorded information can be reliably reproduced.
- the modulation unit is formed of individual senor in each of the senor blocks.
- each cell block recording is performed by modulating the signal light in a modulation unit composed of individual cells.
- the light pattern, light intensity distribution, and the like which are obtained in advance at the time of reproduction corresponding to the individual cells, and the modulation unit and the content of the recording information recorded in the modulation unit (for example, “0” or “1”).
- the control unit controls the spatial light modulator so as to perform a binary modulation according to the binary data indicated by the recording information in the modulation unit.
- the recording information indicating the binary data can be recorded on the hologram recording medium at a high density.
- control unit controls the spatial light modulator so as to perform multi-level modulation according to gradation data indicated by the recording information in the modulation unit.
- the recording information indicating the gradation data can be recorded on the hologram recording medium at a high density.
- liquid crystal devices For example, liquid crystal devices
- the degree of freedom in the specification of the spatial light modulator composed of the above-mentioned components is increased, and the spatial light modulator having the number of cells required for the hologram recording device can be easily procured.
- an angle multiplexing method in which multiplex recording is performed by changing an incident angle of the signal light incident on the hologram recording medium, a reference in which multiplex recording is performed by changing a phase of the reference light
- An optical phase multiplexing method a reference light amplitude multiplexing method that performs multiplex recording by changing the amplitude of the reference light, a reference light polarization multiplexing method that performs multiplex recording by changing the polarization of the reference light, and the light incident on the hologram recording medium.
- Multiple recording is performed on the same recording area by at least one of the focal depth multiplexing methods that perform multiplex recording by changing the focal depth of the signal light.
- a higher density hologram can be recorded by incorporating various multiplexing methods into the recording operation of the hologram recording apparatus of the present invention described above.
- a hologram reproducing apparatus of the present invention is a hologram reproducing apparatus that reads the recorded information from the hologram recording medium recorded by the hologram recording apparatus of the present invention (including various aspects thereof).
- a light receiving unit that receives light; and a reading unit that reads the plurality of pieces of recording information that are recorded in the same recording area in an overlapping manner based on the received reproduction light.
- the reproducing light source of the semiconductor laser device or the like irradiates reproduction illumination light such as laser light.
- the light receiving means including, for example, a photodiode array, a CCD (Charge Coupled Device), etc., receives the reproduction light based on the reproduction illumination light from the same recording area corresponding to the same cell block in the hologram recording medium. I do.
- the receiving of the reproduction light by such a light receiving means is preferably performed simultaneously for all or a plurality of cell blocks.
- the “reproducing light” is higher-order light such as zero-order light or primary light that is generated when the hologram recording medium is irradiated with reproduction illumination light corresponding to the reference light at the time of recording.
- the reading means overlaps the same recording area.
- a plurality of recorded information is read out. More specifically, based on the reproduction light, a modulation unit recorded in the same recording area in a superimposed manner is specified, and the content of the recording information recorded for each modulation unit is specified.
- the identification of the modulation unit and the identification of the content of the recording information by the reading means are preferably performed simultaneously for all or a plurality of recording areas on the hologram recording medium corresponding to all or a plurality of cell blocks. You. As a result, each piece of recorded information recorded on the hologram recording medium on which high-density recording has been performed as described above is reproduced.
- the light receiving means simultaneously receives reproduction lights corresponding to the plurality of pieces of recording information recorded in the same recording area in a superimposed manner.
- the plurality of pieces of recording information that are recorded in the same recording area in a superimposed manner are simultaneously read based on the read reproduction light.
- a plurality of pieces of recording information that have been recorded one after another in the same recording area corresponding to the same cell block at the time of recording can be simultaneously read at the time of reproduction, and a rapid reading operation can be performed.
- the reading means reads the recording information in parallel with respect to the recording area corresponding to each of the cell blocks.
- the advantage of the hologram recording medium as the memory of the dispersion system can be utilized very effectively.
- reproduction may be sequentially performed for each of a plurality of recording regions or for each of the plurality of recording regions, depending on the size of a light receiving unit including a photodiode array or the like or an optical system.
- the reading unit detects a center of gravity of a dark part or a bright part in the received reproduction light from the same recording area, and based on the detected center of gravity. Reading the plurality of pieces of recording information modulated in the plurality of modulation units in the same cell block.
- the correspondence between the center of gravity of the reproduction light, each modulation unit in the cell block, and the content of the recording information recorded thereby is specified.
- the position of the center of gravity is combined with the light pattern, light intensity distribution, etc. of the received reproduction light, or When used alone, recorded information can be read with high accuracy.
- the reading unit detects a light portion from a predetermined region in the same recording region in the received reproduction light, and based on the detected light portion And reading the recorded information.
- a light portion from a predetermined area (for example, four corners) in the recording area corresponding to the cell block, each modulation unit in the cell block, and recording information recorded by the cell block are recorded in advance.
- the light portion is determined based on the light portion (for example, based on the light pattern of the light portion, the light intensity distribution, and the position of the center of gravity of the dark portion or the bright portion).
- the recorded information can be read with accuracy.
- the reading unit detects a light-dark pattern of the received reproduction light from the same recording area, and based on the detected light-dark pattern, The plurality of pieces of recording information modulated in the plurality of modulation units in the cell block are read.
- the correspondence between the light / dark pattern of the reproduction light from within the recording area corresponding to the cell block, each modulation unit in the cell block, and the content of the recording information recorded thereby is specified in advance.
- the reading means detects an intensity distribution of the received reproduction light from the same recording area, and based on the detected intensity distribution, The plurality of pieces of record information modulated in the plurality of modulation units in the cell block are read.
- the correspondence between the intensity distribution of the reproduction light from within the recording area corresponding to the cell block, each modulation unit in the cell block, and the content of the recording information recorded thereby is determined in advance. By specifying this, recorded information can be read with high accuracy based on this intensity distribution during reproduction.
- the recording information may indicate multi-level modulated gradation data
- the reading unit may be configured to read the gradation data based on the detected intensity distribution.
- the reading unit detects a total light amount of the received reproduction light from the same recording area, and, based on the detected total light amount, reads the same cell.
- the plurality of pieces of recording information modulated by the plurality of modulation units in a block are read.
- the correspondence between the total light amount of the reproduction light, each modulation unit in the cell block, and the content of the recording information recorded thereby is specified.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the first embodiment of the hologram recording device of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic external perspective view of the spatial modulator provided in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view (FIG. 3 (a)) of the spatial modulator in the comparative example, a schematic partial cross-sectional view thereof (FIG. 3 (b)), and the diffracted light on the hologram recording medium in the comparative example.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view (FIG. 3 (c)) showing the relationship with the size required as a hologram recording medium.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view (FIG. 4A) of the spatial modulator according to the first embodiment, a schematic partial sectional view thereof (FIG. 4B), and a hologram recording medium according to the first embodiment.
- Fig. 4 (c) is a schematic plan view showing the relationship between the above diffracted light and the size required for a hologram recording medium.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic plan view showing a configuration of a cell block in the spatial light modulator according to the first embodiment and a configuration of a cell related to one cell block.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view showing a modulation unit at the time of the first recording on the same recording area on the hopper gram recording medium corresponding to the same cell block in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view showing a modulation unit at the time of the second recording on the same recording area on the hologram recording medium corresponding to the same cell block in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic plan view showing a modulation unit at the time of the third recording in the same recording area on the hologram recording medium corresponding to the same cell block in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic plan view showing a modulation unit at the time of the fourth recording on the same recording area on the hologram recording medium corresponding to the same cell block in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 10 is a schematic plan view of a cell block showing light and dark patterns at four corners in one cell block in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram showing 16 types of light / dark patterns that may be recorded in the first embodiment for each cell block.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic plan view of one cell block showing a cell block and a modulation unit in the second embodiment and showing, with arrows, serial numbers of modulation units associated with each cell.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing, for each cell block, 42 types of light and dark patterns among a plurality of light and dark patterns that may be recorded in the second embodiment.
- FIG. 14 is a schematic plan view showing the modulation unit at the time of the first recording on the same recording area on the holo-holam recording medium corresponding to the cell block of the spatial light modulator in the third embodiment.
- FIG. 15 is a schematic plan view showing a modulation unit at the time of the fifth recording in the third embodiment.
- FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of the hologram reproducing device of the present invention. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the hologram recording device according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic external perspective view of the spatial modulator provided in the first embodiment.
- a hologram recording device 100 includes a laser device 11 as an example of a recording light source that irradiates a light source light L 0 composed of laser light, and a light source light L 0.
- a beam splitter 12 that is an example of an optical system that separates the light into a signal light L1 and a reference light L2, and an example of an optical system that is arranged in the optical path of the signal light L1 and enlarges the diameter of the signal light L1.
- the constituent lens 13, the lens 14 such as a collimator lens that converts the signal light L 1 emitted from the lens 13 into substantially parallel light, and the signal light L 1 emitted from the lens 14 should be recorded.
- a spatial light modulator 15 that modulates (Fourier transforms) according to the recording signal and emits it as modulated signal light L3, and changes the diameter of signal light L3 toward hologram recording medium 200
- a lens 16 as an example of an optical system that emits light.
- the hologram recording apparatus 100 condenses the reference light L 2 separated by the beam splitter 12 into a signal light 3 corresponding to the reference light L 2 on the hologram recording medium 200.
- a mirror 17 which is an example of an optical system for guiding the optical system to the same position as the optical system.
- the spatial light modulator 15 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal device, is divided into a plurality of cell blocks 151 arranged in a matrix, and each cell block has an MXN ( ⁇ , M, and M). ⁇ N is divided into a plurality of cells 152 arranged in a matrix (2 or more natural numbers), and can be modulated in units of the cells 152.
- MXN ⁇ , M, and M
- an example of one cell block 151 is shown as a set of a plurality of cells 152 shaded.
- the spatial light modulator 15 is an active matrix driven liquid crystal device
- a plurality of cells 152 are defined corresponding to a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged two-dimensionally in a matrix.
- the spatial light modulator 15 is composed of a large number of cells 15 2 arranged in a rectangle or a square, and among these, a plurality of cells 15 2 arranged in a rectangle or a square is used to form each cell block 15 1 Is defined.
- one cell block 151 is composed of five cells in the horizontal direction and five cells in the horizontal direction.
- the spatial light modulator 15 When the signal light L1 enters due to a diffraction phenomenon corresponding to the size of the cell block 151, the spatial light modulator 15 receives the 0th-order light L3-0 and the 1st-order light 3-1 and the 2nd-order light. It is configured to emit a signal light L3 composed of modulated diffracted light including higher-order light of L3-2,.
- the hologram recording apparatus 100 is configured to control one of the cell blocks 15 1 in the spatial light modulator 15 according to each of a plurality of pieces of recording information to be recorded on the hologram recording medium 200.
- the apparatus further includes a control device 18 that controls the spatial light modulator 15 so as to perform modulation on the signal light L1 using a plurality of cells 15 2 occupying a unit as a modulation unit.
- FIG. 3 (a) is a schematic plan view of the spatial modulator 15 ′ showing the cell pitch p ′ and the shortest pitch P of the light-dark pattern in the comparative example
- FIG. 3 (b) is a schematic plan view of the comparative example
- FIG. 3 (c) is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of the spatial light modulator 15 ′ showing the relationship between the shortest pitch P in the spatial light modulator 15 ′ and the emission angle 0 of the primary light L 31.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view of 0 0 ′.
- FIG. 4 (a) shows a state where a plurality of modulation units 1553 are defined in the cell block 151 in the first embodiment in an overlapping manner, and shows the cell pitch p ′ and the cell pitch in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 4B is a schematic plan view of the spatial light modulator 15 showing the shortest pitch P of the light and dark pattern.
- FIG. 4B shows the shortest pitch P and the primary light L of the spatial light modulator 15 of the first embodiment.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of the spatial light modulator 15 showing the relationship with the emission angle ⁇ of 3-1.
- FIG. 4C shows the spatial light modulator 15 on the hologram recording medium 200 in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view of the hologram recording medium 200 showing the relationship between the 0-order light L3-0 and the first-order light L3-1 and the size required for the hologram recording medium 200.
- the spatial light modulator 15 ′ of the comparative example performs modulation according to recording information to be recorded for each cell 152.
- modulation is performed using the senor 15 2 ′, which is the smallest physically modulatable unit, as it is as the modulation unit.
- the shortest pitch P of the light-dark pattern that defines the degree of diffraction is relatively small, the diffracted primary light The emission angle (diffraction angle) 0 of L3-1 is relatively large. Therefore, as shown in FIG.
- the spatial light modulator 15 of the first embodiment does not perform modulation according to the recording information to be recorded for each cell 152.
- a record to be recorded is a unit of a plurality of cells 15 2 slightly smaller than the cell block 15 1 specified in the cell block 15 1 consisting of a plurality of cells 15 2 as a modulation unit. Performs modulation according to the information.
- the modulation unit 15 3 shown in solid line and shifted to the upper left corner of cell block 151, and the dotted line drawn in lower right corner of cell block 15 1
- a modulation unit 153 and two modulation units 153 are shown.
- the same cell block 151 there are also a modulation unit shifted to the upper right corner and a modulation unit shifted to the lower left corner. That is, instead of performing the modulation as the modulation unit as it is, using the smallest unit that can be physically modulated, the cell 15 2 as it is, the modulation is performed using a set in which a plurality of cells are combined as the modulation unit. The modulation is performed while shifting the modulation unit 15 3 little by little within 51. As shown in FIG.
- the 0th-order light L3_0 and the 1st-order light L3-1 constituting the signal light L3 from the spatial light modulator 15 are used for hologram recording.
- the distance d is about 20 to 100 X m.
- the distance d between the 0th-order light L3—0 and the 1st-order light L3-1—defined by d f ⁇ ta ⁇ , as in the case of the comparative example described above, It becomes shorter by the smaller the emission angle. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the distance d can be shortened because the modulation unit is larger than in the comparative example.
- the primary light L3-1 only one of the four primary lights L3-1 generated by the spatial light modulator 15 is used.
- the first embodiment it is possible to perform hologram recording in a smaller recording area than the comparative example. Furthermore, as described below, even in a small recording area, the amount of recordable information can be made approximately the same as in the comparative example.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic plan view showing the configuration of the cell block 15 1 in the spatial light modulator 15 of the first embodiment and the configuration of the cell 15 2 according to one cell block 15 1. is there.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view showing the modulation unit 153 during the first recording on the same recording area on the hologram recording medium 200 corresponding to the same cell block 1551.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view showing a modulation unit 153 at the time of the second recording with respect to the same recording area on the hologram recording medium 200 corresponding to the same cell block 151.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic plan view showing the configuration of the cell block 15 1 in the spatial light modulator 15 of the first embodiment and the configuration of the cell 15 2 according to one cell block 15 1. is there.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view showing the modulation unit 153 during the first recording on the same recording area on the hologram recording medium 200 corresponding to the same cell block 1551.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view showing a modulation unit
- FIG. 8 is a schematic plan view showing a modulation unit 153 at the time of the third recording on the same recording area on the hologram recording medium 200 corresponding to the same cell block 151.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic plan view showing a modulation unit 153 during the fourth recording on the same recording area on the hologram recording medium 200 corresponding to the same cell block 151.
- the spatial light modulator 15 includes, for example, 65 vertical x 65 horizontal cell blocks 15 1.
- Each cell block 151 includes, for example, 5 cells vertically and 5 cells horizontally.
- each cell block 1 51 consists of 4 cells X 4 cells shown by diagonal lines in the figure and 4 cells 15 In 51, the modulation is performed in the modulation unit 1 53 shifted to the upper left corner in the figure. That is, modulation is performed according to recording information indicating binary data of 0 or 1 for each of the modulation units 153, and the interference between the signal light L3 and the reference light L2 modulated in this manner causes a horror. Recording is performed on the recording medium 200 (see FIG. 1).
- each cell block 151 consists of four cells X 5 and four cells X 5 shown by diagonal lines in the figure and each cell block.
- the modulation is performed in the modulation unit 153 shifted to the upper right corner in the figure. That is, modulation is performed for each modulation unit 153 in accordance with recording information indicating binary data of 0 or 1, and interference between the signal light L3 and the reference light L2 thus modulated causes Recording is performed on the same recording area as the first time on the hologram recording medium 200. Subsequently, as shown in FIG.
- each cell block 15 consists of four cells 15 2 shown by diagonal lines and four cells 15 2 shown by diagonal lines and each cell block.
- the modulation is performed in the modulation unit 153 shifted to the lower left corner in the figure. That is, modulation is performed for each modulation unit 153 in accordance with recording information indicating binary data of 0 or 1, and interference between the signal light L3 and the reference light L2 thus modulated causes Recording is performed on the same recording area as the first and second times in the hologram recording medium 200.
- each cell block 15 1 is composed of four (vertical) ⁇ four (horizontal) cells 15 2 shown by diagonal lines in the figure and each cell block 15 1.
- modulation is performed in the modulation unit 153 shifted to the lower right corner in the figure. That is, modulation is performed for each modulation unit 153 in accordance with recording information indicating binary data of 0 or 1, and interference between the signal light L3 and the reference light L2 thus modulated causes Recording is performed in the same recording area as the first to third times in the hologram recording medium 200.
- FIG. 10 is a schematic plan view of a cell block showing light and dark patterns at four corners in one cell block.
- Fig. 11 is recorded in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing 16 types of light and dark patterns for each cell block which may be performed.
- the first to fourth recordings are performed on the recording area corresponding to the same cell block 151, as shown in FIG. 10.
- the first to fourth recordings are not repeated for cells 152c located at the four corners of cell block 151, respectively. Therefore, if attention is paid to the information recorded by these four corner cells 152c, it is possible to identify the information recorded by any of the first to fourth times, and to simultaneously reproduce the recorded information as the recorded information. It becomes possible.
- the value of the recording information recorded at the first time is "1" (dark), and the value of the recording information recorded at the second to fourth times is The value of the information is "0" (bright).
- the value of the recording information recorded at the first time is "0" (bright)
- the value of the recording information recorded at the second time is " 1 "(dark)
- the value of the recorded information recorded at the third and fourth times is" 0 "(bright).
- the value of the recorded information recorded at the first time is "1" ( ⁇ )
- the value of the recorded information recorded at the second time is , "1" (dark)
- the value of the record information recorded the third time is "0" (bright)
- the value of the record information recorded the fourth time is "1" ( ⁇ ).
- Such light and dark patterns and combinations of the values of each record information are specified in advance by experiment, empirical, theoretical, mathematical or simulation, etc., for example, a corresponding table is created and stored in a memory. If this is done, the reproduction by the hologram reproducing device described later will be Layers can be done quickly and easily.
- the interference pattern actually recorded on the hologram recording medium 200 is based on the Fourier-transformed signal light and the reference light, it is an interference pattern that generates an optical pattern during reproduction as shown in FIG. Yes, with more complex patterns.
- the reproduced light having the same light and dark pattern as the light and dark pattern in the spatial light modulator 15 is detected, so that the interference pattern itself recorded on the hologram recording medium 200 is eventually obtained. Does not need to be considered.
- the center of gravity 400 of the dark part in each of the light and dark patterns is indicated by a circle.
- the center of gravity position 400 is substantially different between the respective patterns. For this reason, even with such a center of gravity position 400, it is possible to specify a part of the values of the recorded information of the four times, and at least when the content of the recorded information is specified by the above-described light and dark pattern, If the position information of the center of gravity position 400 is redundantly or supplementarily used, more accurate reproduction is possible. Similarly, by judging the recorded position, brightness, and the like comprehensively, more accurate reproduction is possible.
- the laser device 11 irradiates the light source light L0, and the beam splitter 12 separates the light source light LO into the signal light L1 and the reference light L2.
- the signal light L 1 is made to have a diameter corresponding to the size of the spatial light modulator 15 by the lenses 13 and 14, and is incident on the spatial light modulator 15.
- the spatial light modulator 15 according to each of a plurality of pieces of recording information to be recorded, has 4 ⁇ 4 cells 1 existing in each cell block 15 1. Assuming that 52 is a modulation unit 15 3 (see FIGS. 6 to 9), the signal light L 1 is modulated.
- the modulated signal light L3 is condensed by the lens 16 and then applied to the recording area of the hologram recording medium 200 together with the reference light L2 reflected by the mirror 17. Then, these lights interfere with each other, and recording information to be recorded is recorded as a hologram as a wavefront.
- Such a recording operation is performed four times on the same recording area of the hologram recording medium 200 corresponding to the same cell block 151, by the signal light L3 modulated by four kinds of modulation units 153. It is performed in layers (see Fig. 6 to Fig. 9). At this time, one record consists of all cell blocks of 65 ⁇ 65 5 1 are simultaneously performed, and the simultaneous recording of all the cell blocks 15 1 is performed four times in parallel.
- the emission angle 1 of the primary light or the higher-order light is relatively small, and the distance d of the primary light or the higher-order light from the zero-order light in the recording area is also shorter.
- Such hologram recording can be performed in a relatively small recording area. Therefore, the laser power required for the laser device 11 may be small, which is very advantageous in practice from the viewpoint of cost and the like. Moreover, even if a plurality of pieces of recording information are recorded in the same recording area in a superimposed manner, the information can be reproduced with high accuracy by the hologram reproducing apparatus described below.
- the recording density can be increased while reducing the recording area.
- the recording capacity can be increased, and the size and weight of the entire apparatus can be reduced.
- the spatial light modulator 15 performs binary modulation in accordance with the binary data indicated by the recording information in each of the modulation units 15 3 under the control of the control device 18. Therefore, the recording information indicating the binary data can be recorded on the hologram recording medium 200 at a high density.
- the spatial light modulator 15 can perform multi-level modulation in accordance with the gradation data indicated by the recording information in each of the modulation units 15 3 under the control of the controller 18. It is possible. Thereby, the recording information indicating the gradation data can be recorded on the hologram recording medium 200 at high density.
- the material of the hologram recording medium may be a known inorganic material or an organic material (polymer material). Further, the hologram recording medium may be configured as a card-shaped medium or a disk-shaped medium.
- FIG. 12 shows a cell block and a modulation unit in the second embodiment, and a schematic plan view of one cell block in which serial numbers of modulation units associated with each cell are indicated by arrows. It is.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing, for each cell block, 42 types of light / dark patterns among a plurality of light / dark patterns that may be recorded in the second embodiment.
- the second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in the configuration of the modulation unit 1553 defined in the cell block 151, in the spatial light modulator 15. Other configurations are the same as in the first embodiment.
- a cell block 15 5 composed of 5 cells vertically and 5 cells horizontally, and a cell 15 3 composed of 3 cells vertically and 3 cells horizontally,
- the following modulation unit 15 3 ′ is defined.
- 9 types of modulation units 15 3 ′ exist in the same cell block 15 1.
- the content of all the recording information can be specified by specifying these light and dark patterns by a hologram reproducing device described later. That is, it is possible to reproduce all recorded information recorded in the hologram.
- the modulation units 15 13 corresponding to the respective cells 15 2 are indicated by consecutive numbers with arrows.
- the serial numbers of the modulation units 151, # 1, # 2, # 3,... are the serial numbers given to the row of the modulation units 1 53 from left to right and from top to bottom for each row. is there.
- the brightness of the cell 152 in the upper left corner it is possible to specify the value of the recorded information recorded in the # 1 modulation unit 1553, and by the brightness of the cell 152 in the upper right corner. It is possible to specify the value of the recorded information recorded in the third modulation unit 15 3, and the brightness of the cell 15 2 in the lower left corner determines the value of the recorded information recorded in the seventh modulation unit 15 3.
- the value can be specified, and the value of the recorded information recorded in the ninth modulation unit 1553 can be specified by the brightness of the cell 152 in the lower right corner. In addition, adjacent to the four corners By adding the portion, the recording information recorded in # 2, # 4, # 6 and # 8th modulation unit 15 3 can be specified. Further, by adding a cell 151 located at the center of the cell block 151, # the recorded information recorded in the fifth modulation unit 1553 can be specified. In FIG. 12, the total number of modulation units 153, related to each cell, is indicated by a polygonal line 600 at a position corresponding to each cell.
- the hologram recording medium 2 corresponding to this cell block 15 1 is obtained by performing nine times of modulation using nine types of modulation units 15 3 ′ in one cell block 15 1.
- 9-bit recording is enabled in the recording area above 00.
- recording may be performed without using the modulation unit 153, which makes it relatively difficult to specify a light-dark pattern and makes it difficult to reproduce with high accuracy.
- the fifth modulation unit 15 3 that is, the center modulation unit of cell block 15 1
- three vertical units near the center of cell block 15 1 X In the three horizontal cells, (1) # 1st, 2nd and # 4th modulation unit 1 5 3 recording, (2) # 1st, # 2nd, # 3rd, # 4th ⁇ # Recording with the 6th modulation unit 15 3, (3) # 2nd, # 3rd and # 6th modulation unit 15 3 recording, (4) # 1st, # 2nd, # 4th , # 7th and # 8th modulation unit 1 5 3 recording, (5) # 1st, # 2nd, # 4th, # 6th, # 7th, # 8th, and # 9th modulation
- Nine different patterns of light and dark, such as recording in units 15 3 can be obtained, enabling highly accurate reproduction.
- the first to ninth recordings are performed on the same recording area corresponding to the same cell block 151, and include 42 types of light and dark patterns.
- One of the plurality of light and dark patterns is recorded. For this reason, if it is specified during reproduction which of the plurality of light and dark patterns corresponds, which combination of recorded information recorded nine times and which recorded information has which value (“bright” or “B sound”) ", Or” 0 "or” 1 "). Therefore, even when the information is superimposed and recorded on the same recording area corresponding to the same cell block in this manner, it can be simultaneously reproduced as recorded information at the time of reproduction by a mouthgram reproducing device described later.
- the 1st to 4th and 6th to 9th The second recording is performed on the same recording area corresponding to the same cell block 151, and one of the nine light / dark patterns is recorded. For this reason, if it is specified at the time of reproduction which of the nine types of light and dark patterns is applicable, which combination of recorded information recorded eight times and which recorded information has which value (“bright” or “dark”) "Or” 0 "or” 1 ").
- the recording in the same recording area corresponding to the same cell block 15 1 in the second embodiment is preferably performed simultaneously for all the cell blocks 15 1, as in the case of the first embodiment.
- the simultaneous recording of all cell blocks 15 1 is performed 9 times in parallel.
- FIG. 14 shows a modulation unit at the time of the first recording on the same recording area on the hologram recording medium 200 corresponding to the cell block 15 1 of the spatial light modulator 15 in the third embodiment.
- FIG. 15 is a schematic plan view showing a modulation unit 15 3 ′′ at the time of the fifth recording in the third embodiment.
- the third embodiment differs from the first embodiment in the configuration of the modulation unit 15 3 ′′ defined in the cell block 15 1 in the spatial light modulator 15. This is the same as in the first embodiment.
- a cell block 15 1 consisting of 5 cells ⁇ 5 cells 15 2 Unit 15 3 "is specified.
- 25 types of modulation units 15 3" exist in the same cell block 15 1.
- the recording in the same recording area corresponding to the same cell block 151 in the third embodiment is preferably performed simultaneously for all the cell blocks 151, as in the case of the first embodiment. Simultaneous recording of all cell blocks 15 1 is performed 25 times in parallel. (Modification of hologram recording device)
- an angle multiplexing method for performing multiplex recording by changing the incident angle of the signal light L1 incident on the hologram recording medium 200 may be combined with each of the above-described embodiments.
- the hologram recording medium 200 side The same hologram recording as described above may be performed by adding a mechanical element for changing the angle, changing the incident angle, and overlapping the same recording area for each incident angle.
- a reference light phase multiplexing method for performing multiplex recording by changing the phase of the reference light L2 may be combined.
- an optical element for phase polarization is arranged in the optical path of the reference light L2, the phase of the reference light L2 is changed, and the phase is superimposed on the same recording area for each phase, and the same as above.
- Hologram recording may be performed.
- a reference light amplitude multiplexing method for performing multiplex recording by changing the amplitude of the reference light L2 may be combined.
- an optical element for changing the amplitude is arranged in the optical path of the reference light L2, and the amplitude of the reference light L2 is changed.
- Hologram recording may be performed.
- a reference light polarization multiplexing method for performing multiplex recording by changing the polarization state of the reference light L2 may be combined.
- an optical element for changing the polarization state is arranged in the optical path of the reference light L2, and the change state of the reference light L2 is changed. The same hologram recording may be performed.
- a depth of focus multiplexing method for performing multiplex recording by changing the focal depth of the signal light L3 may be combined.
- the hologram recording medium 20 by changing the position of an optical element such as the laser device 11 or the lens 13, 14, 16, or the like, or adding an optical element for changing the focal length, the hologram recording medium 20.
- the same hologram recording as described above may be performed by adding a mechanical element for changing the position on the 0 side, changing the depth of focus, and overlapping the same recording area for each depth of focus.
- holo-drama recording with higher density can be performed as compared with the above-described embodiments.
- FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the hologram reproducing device according to the present embodiment.
- the hologram reproducing device 300 is for reading recorded information from the hologram recording medium 200 recorded by the hologram recording device 100 of the above embodiment.
- a hologram reproducing apparatus 300 irradiates a hologram recording medium 200 with reproduction illumination light L 10, and is, for example, a laser apparatus 2 which is an example of a reproduction light source such as a semiconductor laser. 1, mirrors 22 and 23 for guiding the reproduction illumination light L10 to the hologram recording medium 200, and a lens 24 for condensing the reproduction light based on the reproduction illumination light from the hologram recording medium 200.
- a light receiving device 25 for receiving the reproduction light L 11 via the lens 24, and a plurality of recordings superimposed and recorded on the hologram recording medium 200 based on the received reproduction light LI 1.
- a reading device 26 for reading information.
- the light receiving device 25 includes, for example, a photodiode array, a CCD (Charge Coupled Device), and the like.
- the reader 26 preferably includes, for example, the light-dark patterns and the modulation units 15 3 (or 15 3 ′, 15 3 ′′) shown in FIGS. 10 to 13 and each of the modulation units modulated by the modulation units.
- the relationship with the value of the recording information is stored in the memory as a table, and the light / dark pattern of the received reproduction light LI 1 is specified, and the table is referred to and the recording corresponding to the specified light / dark pattern is performed.
- each piece of recorded information is read, so that a plurality of pieces of recorded information that have been recorded a plurality of times can be read simultaneously.
- the laser device 21 irradiates the hologram 200 with the reproduction illumination light L 10 via the mirrors 22 and 23. Then, the light receiving device 25 receives the reproduction light L11 based on the reproduction illumination light L10 in the hologram recording medium 200.
- the reproduction light L 11 is a higher-order light such as a zero-order light or a first-order light generated when the reproduction illumination light L 10 corresponding to the reference light at the time of recording is applied to the hologram recording medium 200. is there. Due to the nature of hologram recording, such reproduced light L11 has the same light and dark pattern as the modulated signal light L3 shown in FIG.
- the reading device 26 based on the reproduction light L 11 received by the light receiving device 25, the reading device 26 refers to the above-described table, etc., and modulates the modulation unit 1 recorded in the same recording area in an overlapping manner. 5 3 (or 15 3 ′, 15 3 ′′), and the content of the recording information (that is, the value of binary data or the value of gradation data) recorded for each modulation unit.
- the recording information that is, the value of binary data or the value of gradation data
- Such reproduction of each record information from the same recording area is preferably performed simultaneously for all the recording areas on the hologram recording medium 200.
- the advantage of the hologram recording medium 200 as a dispersion-type memory can be effectively utilized.
- the reading device 26 detects the position of the center of gravity of the dark portion or the bright portion in the reproduced light L11 or detects the total amount of light, and based on this, Recorded information may be read. In this way, according to the recording principle of the present invention described with reference to FIG. 11 and the like, the accuracy of reproduction can be effectively increased as compared with information reproduction using only a reproduction pattern.
- the reading device 26 may detect a light portion from a predetermined region such as, for example, four corners in the cell block, and read the recorded information based on this. In this way, the accuracy of reproduction can be effectively increased in accordance with the recording principle of the present invention described with reference to FIG.
- the reading device 26 may detect the intensity distribution of the reproduction light LI1 and read the recorded information based on the detected intensity distribution. In this way, the accuracy of reproduction can be effectively increased in accordance with the recording principle of the present invention described with reference to FIGS. Alternatively, it is also possible to record and reproduce gradation data.
- the recording density and the recording capacity can be improved, and the size can be reduced.
- the power consumption of the light source can be reduced, and the configuration and control of the device can be simplified.
- a hologram recording device and a hologram reproducing device irradiate a hologram recording medium, which can be miniaturized, with a signal light, and various content information such as video information and audio information, various data information for a computer, and control information. It can be used for various types of recording devices that record a large amount of information at high density, and irradiates a miniaturized hologram recording medium with reproduction light, and reproduces a large amount of information recorded at a high density from now on It can also be used for various playback devices.
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