A reading device for holographic storage includes a light source, a
light-directing component, an optical sensor and a prism. The
light-directing component is disposed on the transmission path of the
light beam provided by the light source and directs the light beam to get
incidence at a holographic storage medium in a reading angle to generate
a data beam. The optical sensor is suitable for reading the data beam and
reproducing stored data. The prism is disposed between the light source
and the holographic storage medium and rotatable about a rotation axis
perpendicular to the transmission path of the light beam for
fine-adjusting the reading angle. The prism and the light beam satisfy
the following formula: {square root over
(n.sup.2-sin.sup.2I.sub.1)}.times.sin A-cos A sin I.sub.1<1I.sub.1 is
the angle of incidence of the light beam, A is the vertex angle between
the light incident surface and the light emerging surface and n is the
refractive index of the prism.