Propagation of data-modulated Gaussian beams through holographic optical elements

Volume Holographic Optical Elements

Holographic Optical Elements for Holographic Stereogram Printers

A number of methods for producing holographic optical elements (HOEs) for use in projecting integral images in holographic stereogram printers are presented, with emphasis on application to Ultragram format one-step stereograms. Creation of HOEs to replace standard diffusion screens and enhance stereogram printer imaging properties and efficiency is discussed. Monolithic and integral holographi...

Holographic Optical Elements and Application

Holographic optical element has a high diffraction efficiency and a narrow-band frequency characteristic, and it has a characteristic that is able to implement several features in a single flat device. It is widely applied in various fields. In this chapter, the principle and characteristics of the holographic optical elements are described in detail, and few typical holographic optical element...

Propagation of axially symmetric flattened Gaussian beams

Flattened Gaussian beams are characterized by a waist profile that passes in a continuous way from a nearly flat illuminated region to darkness. The steepness of the transition region is controlled by an integer parameter N representing the order of the beam. Being expressible as a sum of N Laguerre–Gauss modes, a flattened Gaussian beam turns out to be very simple to study as far as propagatio...

Production of Holographic Optical Interconnection Elements

Current trends in computing and telecommunications point to a growing need for devices that are able to switch optical beams carrying information without having to convert them to electric signals. This would create a whole new generation of hybrid optoelectronic processors combining the computational strength of electronics with the very large information throughput density of optics. Holograp...