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Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE

Novel 3D multilayered waveguide memory

Zhongcheng Liang, Tao Yang, Hai Ming, Jiangping Xie

Published Sep 17, 2002• 9 citations
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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a novel method of three dimensional optical storage by the use of multilayered waveguide memory (MWM). The MWM structure is described and its work principle is introduced. Some properties and merits of MWM are also discussed in comparison with other 3D optical data storage methods.
DOI
10.1117/12.483320

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