DIPAK KUMAR ROLL NO- A 26 REGD-10906448 SECTION-C4911

1st

GENERATION: Compact disc (CD): --- 650/700 MB Wavelength of laser which reads data: 780 nm Color of laser: Red 2nd GENERATION: Digital versatile disc (DVD): --- 4.7 GB It offers high quality sound and video than CD. Wavelength of laser which reads data: 650 nm Color of laser: Red

 3rd GENERATION:

Blu-ray disc (BD): --- 25/50 GB

-Next generation optical disc format.

-Wavelength of laser which reads data: 405 nm -Color of laser: Blue-violet which was developed by SHUJI NAKAMURA at NICHIA CORPORATION

The blu-ray name is a combination of blue, for the color of the laser that is used and ray for optical ray.
The e in blue was purposefully left off, according to the manufacturers, because an everyday word cannot be a trademark.

SINGLE LAYER :

Can hold data up to 25/27 GB that means 2 hrs of HD video or about 13 hrs of standard video. DOUBLE LAYER :
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Can hold data up to 50 GB that means 4.5 hrs of HD video or more than 20 hrs of standard video.

The Blue-lasers shorter wavelength makes it possible to

store more information on a 12 cm CD/DVD size disc. The minimum spot size on which a laser can be focused is limited by diffraction ,and depends on the wavelength of the high and the numerical aperture of the lens used to focus it.
So, in blu-ray disc: Pit size 0.15 microns ( more than twice as small as the pits on DVD ) Track-pitch is : 0.32 microns Laser needed : blue-violet laser (405 nm) Data transfer rate : 36 Mbps

Pits : spiral grooves that run from the centre of the disc to its edges Track pitch : it is the distance between the two tracks (of pits) on the surface.

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hard coating technologies make Blu ray disc most durable and family friendly Hard-coating technology provides resistance to: - Finger prints - Marks - Scratches - Dust

With BD we can: Record HDTV without any quality loss Instantly skip to any spot on disc Record one program while watching other on the disc Create playlists Edit or reorder programs recorded on disc Automatically search for an empty space on the disc to avoid recording over a program Access to web to download subtitles and other extra features And many more