Patent ID: 8134906

Claim:
A method to optimize the performance of a holographic data storage system, wherein said holographic data storage system comprises a plurality of calibratable components, wherein each of said plurality of calibratable components comprises one or operational parameters, and wherein each operational parameter is associated with a nominal range, comprising the step of: determining if the one or more operational parameters associated with each of said calibratable components fall within the associated nominal ranges; and operative if an operational parameter associated with a selected calibratable components falls outside the associated nominal range, recalibrating said selected calibratable component; operative if said holographic data storage system comprises a spatial light modulator comprising a position error servo (“PES”), providing a PES calibration test protocol, one or more PES operational parameters, and a PES nominal range associated with each PES operational parameter; performing said PES calibration test; determining a measured value for each of said one or more PES operational parameters; determining if each measured PES operational parameter falls within the associated PES nominal range; and operative if each measured PES operational parameter does not fall within the associated PES nominal range, recalibrating said position error servo.