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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2001
Filed:
May. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
William Larry Wilson, Somerville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03H 1/10 ; G03H 1/12 ; G03H 1/20 ; G11C 1/304 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03H 1/10 ; G03H 1/12 ; G03H 1/20 ; G11C 1/304 ;
Abstract
A system and method for controlling the selectivity function in a holographic memory system that permits more rapid location and retrieval of holographically stored data. The system and method direct a reference beam through a filter such as, for example, an aperture, to bandwidth limit the beam before the beam illuminates a holographic optical element having stored therein a hologram of a reference beam.