METHOD FOR WRITING OF DATA IN AN OPTICAL MEMORY AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD

摘要

In a method for writing of optical data in an optical memory, the optical memory is transported in linear movement past two or more physically separated write units. An apparatus for performing the method comprises two or more write units (S1, S2, ...) provided at a distance from one another and mutually stepwise displaced in path's transverse direction. A write unit (S) is assigned to a section of the optical memory, with the result that the writing of data is performed in the transport direction in separate and successive stages, each stage contributing a fraction of the volume of information which has to be recorded during the writing.