Fluorescent multilayer disc (FMD) is an optical disc that uses fluorescent rather than reflective material to store data. It was developed by Constellation 3D to offer increased storage capacity compared to CDs and DVDs. FMD works by focusing a laser beam on photochrome information layers, causing them to fluoresce rather than reflect light. This fluorescent signal is detected to read the data. FMD is capable of storing terabytes of data using 12 or more information layers and a blue laser, addressing limitations of interference in multilayer discs. It offers compatibility with existing formats like CD and DVD while providing faster access and greater storage.
Fluorescent multilayer disc (FMD) is an optical disc that uses fluorescent rather than reflective material to store data. It was developed by Constellation 3D to offer increased storage capacity compared to CDs and DVDs. FMD works by focusing a laser beam on photochrome information layers, causing them to fluoresce rather than reflect light. This fluorescent signal is detected to read the data. FMD is capable of storing terabytes of data using 12 or more information layers and a blue laser, addressing limitations of interference in multilayer discs. It offers compatibility with existing formats like CD and DVD while providing faster access and greater storage.
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Fluorescent multilayer disc (FMD) is an optical disc that uses fluorescent rather than reflective material to store data. It was developed by Constellation 3D to offer increased storage capacity compared to CDs and DVDs. FMD works by focusing a laser beam on photochrome information layers, causing them to fluoresce rather than reflect light. This fluorescent signal is detected to read the data. FMD is capable of storing terabytes of data using 12 or more information layers and a blue laser, addressing limitations of interference in multilayer discs. It offers compatibility with existing formats like CD and DVD while providing faster access and greater storage.
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What is FMD? Fluorescent Multilayer disc is an optical disc that uses fluorescent rather than reflective material to store data. It is an three dimensional storage disc developed by Constellation 3D. Why FMD? Increased disc Capacity. Quick parallel access and retrieval information. Media tolerances. Usage Flexibility. Operating Principle: The principle operation of FMD is based on a phenomenon of photochromism. The laser beam when focused on the information material the material starts radiating than reflecting. The laser beam causes the photochrome material to posses the fluorescent properties . The fluorescence is caught up by a device called photo receiver. The usage of photochrome material with increasing the number of information layers do not make the signal worse which is not in case of other optical discs.
The developers state that with blue laser(480nm) it is possibl
to increase density up to Terabytes on the disc.
This technology prevents the problem of interference
since we are using photochrome material which posses the fluorescent properties. Model of FMD: Comparison of Disc Layers: Technological Process: Hot Stamping:The layer is pressed with polycarbonate and stamped twice with hot temperature. This results in two information layer with pits on each side and filled with fluorescent material.
Photoploymerisation:This process is carried out in
order to prevent a physical contact with information layer on the edge of the disc this is filled with polymeric material. Advantages of FMD: Prevents problem of interference since it uses an incoherent fluorescent light. Compatible with CD and DVD formats with more storage area and faster access. Fluorescent technology do not require special manufacturing conditions. The technological advantages. Applications: Data warehouses. E-commerce related data mining. HDTV. Mobile phones and PDA. PVR CD vs DVD vs FMD: PARAMETERS CD DVD FMD
1. Disc diameter 120mm 120mm 120mm
2. Capacity 750MB 4GB 50GB+
3. Wavelength 780nm 650nm 480-530nm
4. Distance b/w 1.6micron 0.85micron 0.80micron tracks 5.No.of layers 1 2 12 Conclusion: The rapid technological development that is taking place in storage devices has also made the man think about the needs and the requirements for the storage devices. But for now the FMD, which can provide us with gigabytes(GB) of storage space compared to CD and DVD seems to be an enticing solution for the storage masses. References: www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki. www.ixbtlabs.com/articles . www.seminartopic.org. www.ebook-search-engine.com/fluroscent-multilayer- disc. What’s Next? About the company. Working. Types. Development. Disadvantages. Thank You
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