Abstract:
A three-dimensional optical read-only memory is composed of a stack of transparent plates composed of either ferroelectric or ferromagnetic materials wherein binary information is stored as domains in each plate. The stack of plates containing the domains allows a polarized source of light to traverse the stack and appear, to a detecting device, as a homogeneous source. When an electromagnetic field is applied across a single plate in the stack, the polarization of the domains in that plate is rotated, creating a birefringence in the material. The polarized source of light is now modulated by such particularly selected plate according to this particular bit pattern of domains. This pattern can be imaged onto an array of detectors. When the electromagnetic field is removed, the disturbed domains return to their original storage states so that the polarized interrogating light reappears as a homogeneous source to all detectors.
Abstract:
Droplets of a magnetic liquid are pulled from an outlet or orifice of a nozzle by applying a magnetic force to the magnetic liquid, which is under a relatively low static pressure, within the nozzle whereby the droplets, which are ink, impinge upon a recording surface. Each droplet is pulled from the outlet of the nozzle by applying a magnetic force adjacent the outlet, a magnetic force from the opposite side of the recording surface from the nozzle outlet, or magnetic forces from both sides of the recording surface.
Abstract:
A hologram is produced that is erasable. The erasable storage medium is a thin layer of a europium chalcogenide, i.e., europium oxide, on which the hologram is recorded. The medium chosen on which to record a hologram is erasable and shows no degradation for repetitive storage and erasures. A powerful laser beam is employed for recording purposes in that short powerful light pulses are needed to record on materials having short thermorelaxation times.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording head is composed of a substantially Ushaped member made of very thin, highly permeable, ferrite pole pieces. The front gap of the head is of the order of 0.1 mil in width and the magnetic path of the head is closed at the back sides of the pole pieces with a magnetic permalloy film having square loop or nonlinear switching characteristics. The use of the square loop film together with high-permeability pole pieces permits a small magnetic field from a tape or disc to switch a large amount of flux in the permalloy film. Such flux reversal can be sensed with a single turn film of metal.