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Department of Computer Science and Engineering

TECHNICAL SEMINAR SYNOPSIS

8th Semester
Feb-May 2011

“Holographic versatile Disc”

Submitted by:
Don Bosco Institute Of Technology Technical Seminar 2011

USN: 1DB07CS006 Name: Akash.S.P.

Objective:
Holographic Versatile Disc uses a technology called collinear holography which increases the storage
space of the disc.

Abstract:
The blue-green laser reads data encoded as laser interference fringes from a holographic layer near the
top of the disc. HVD uses 'collinear holography,' in which two laser rays, one blue-green and one red,
are collimated into a single beam. While the red laser is used as the reference beam and to read
information from a regular CD-style aluminum layer near the bottom.

Applications:

HVD will soon replace previous DVDs. It is currently supported by more than 170 of the world's
leading consumer electronics, personal computer, recording media, video game and music companies.
The format also has broad support from the major movie studios as a successor to today's DVD
format.

Scope:

The transfer rate of HVD is up to 1 gigabyte (GB) per second which is 40 times faster than DVD .
An HVD stores and retrieves an entire page of data, approximately 60,000 bits of information, in one
pulse of light, while a DVD stores and retrieves one bit of data in one pulse of light.

Bibliography:
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/freesrchabstract.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5738819&queryText%3Dhvd
%26openedRefinements%3D*%26sortType%3Ddesc_Publication+Year%26searchField%

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disc#Technology

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