Dual-page reproduction to increase the data transfer rate in holographic memory

To increase the reproduced data transfer rate in holographic memory, we have investigated simultaneous reproduction of two data pages. By irradiating s- and p-polarization reference beams whose angle gap is equal to the angle between the neighboring data pages in angle-multiplexed holograms, two different data pages can simultaneously be reproduced with a bit error rate low enough to decode. This technology is effective to double the data transfer rate in holographic memory.