High speed hologram recording apparatus

A hologram recording apparatus comprising:

• a coherent light source;
• a beam splitter which splits a beam emitted from the coherent light source into a signal beam and a reference beam;
• a signal beam forming unit comprising a first optical element which splits the signal beam into a plurality of sub signal beams and deflects each of the plurality of sub signal beams in a different direction, wherein the signal beam forming unit further directs the plurality of sub signal beams onto a plurality of different locations, respectively, on a hologram recording medium, such that each of the plurality of sub signal beams is incident on the hologram recording medium at the same angle;
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• a reference beam forming unit which directs the reference beam onto a location on the hologram recording medium which overlaps with the plurality of different locations on the hologram recording medium on which the plurality of sub signal beams are incident;
• wherein the overlapping of the plurality of sub signal beams and the reference beam on the hologram recording medium simultaneously records a plurality of hogels at the plurality of different locations on the hologram recording medium.