Patent ID: 8503277

Claim:
A non-holographic photon memory system for simultaneously permitting access to stored data comprising: a. an optical storage array having a plurality of optical memory elements each optical memory element being physically separated from each other optical memory element; b. each memory element having a phosphorescent material layer; c. a light encoder/decoder operatively associated with the phosphorescent material layer; d. means to cause a light encoder/decoder to generate a radiation beam which is sensed and absorbed by a phosphorescent material layer; e. sensor means associated with the light encoder/decoder to detect the absence or presence of re-radiated light from each phosphorescent material layer; f. a plurality of external systems each capable of simultaneously accessing individual memory elements within the plurality of optical memory elements; and, g. data transmission means for simultaneously distributing and providing access to the sensed presence or absence of re-radiated light to each of the external systems.