Optics Express
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Optical parallel database management system for page oriented holographic memeories

Jian Fu, Marius Schamschula, and H. John Caulfield
Optics Express, Vol. 5, Issue 12, pp. 273-285

Keywords (OCIS):
(100.4550) Image processing : Correlators
(200.3050) Optics in computing : Information processing
(200.4740) Optics in computing : Optical processing
(210.2860) Optical data storage : Holographic and volume memories
(210.4680) Optical data storage : Optical memories

Abstract
Current data recall rates from page oriented holographic memories far exceed the ability of electronics toeven read or transmit the data. For database management, we must not only read those data but also query them-computationally, a far more complex task. That task is very severe for electronics. We show here the rudiments of an optical system that can do most of the query operations in parallel in optics, leaving the burden for electronics significantly less. Even here, electronics is the ultimate speed limiter. Nevertheless, we can query data far faster in our optical/electronic system than any purely electronic system.

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History
Original Manuscript: August 10, 1999
Published: December 6, 1999

Citation
J. Fu, M. Schamschula, and H. J. Caulfield, "Optical parallel database management system for page oriented holographic memeories," Opt. Express 5, 273-285 (1999)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-5-12-273

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