Abstract
THE communication by Longuet-Higgins1 has prompted me to suggest a different system of diffuse memory storage, which is based on holography like that described by Gabor2 but differs from it in not requiring coherent repetitive vibrations. Many systems of diffuse memory storage based on the interference principle are possible, holography being one. The following requirements are essential.
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Longuet-Higgins, H. C., Nature, 217, 104 (1968).
Gabor, D., Nature, 161, 777 (1948).
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CHOPPING, P. Holographic Model of Temporal Recall. Nature 217, 781–782 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217781a0
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