In Big Data era, holographic data storage has become a good candidate recording technology, because of there are not only large storage capacities, but also high transfer rates. However, the realized capacity of it has a big gap to the theory. Polarization holography, a newly researched field, with the extraordinary capabilities in modulating the amplitude, phase, and polarization of light have resulted in several new applications, such as holographic storage technology, multichannel polarization multiplexing, vector beams, and optical functional devices. In this paper, the fundamental research on polarization holography with linear polarized light, a component of the theory of polarization holography, has been introduced. The polarization modulation realized using these polarization characteristics exhibits unusual functionalities, rendering polarization holography as an attractive research topic in a novel method for increasing the capacity of holographic data storage has been provided.
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