SlidestoreÃ¢â‚¬â€?A Laser Mass Memory For Image Storage

Leslie L. Burns

doi:10.1117/12.958071

12 February 1980 Slidestore-A Laser Mass Memory For Image Storage

Leslie L. Burns

Proceedings Volume 0200, Laser Recording and Information Handling; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.958071
Event: 23rd Annual Technical Symposium, 1979, San Diego, United States

Abstract

SlideStore is an improved optical memory concept that uses metalized glass slides 4 by 4 inches by 60 mils thick as the recording medium. Digital information. is recorded onto these glass slides by ablation of the metal film with a laser beam. Each slide will hold 2.9 x l0⁹ user bits. The information recorded in the present system is digitized pictorial information that has been run-length encoded to increase the packing density. Each slide will hold approximately 12,000 correspondence type documents. A SlideStore is configured to hold 2000 slides in one read write module. The data rate is 5 megabits per second and the error rate is less than 1 in 10¹¹ bits. The engineering prototype is now undergoing systems tests.

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Leslie L. Burns "Slidestore-A Laser Mass Memory For Image Storage", Proc. SPIE 0200, Laser Recording and Information Handling, (12 February 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.958071

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