FLUROSCENT MULTILAYER DISC

FLUORESCENT MULTILAYER DISC

 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.
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