A holographic system for storing data on an interference pattern in a hologram storage medium includes a light source for emitting a laser beam, a beam splitter, modulating means and a refractive material. The beam splitter divides the laser beam into a reference beam and a signal beam and the modulating means modulates the signal beam to generate a modulated signal beam. The refractive material refracts the reference beam to generate a refracted reference beam, wherein the refracted reference beam interferes with the modulated signal beam in the hologram storage medium to generate the interference pattern.