Abstract:
A holographic light guide comprising, in sequence, a substrate, a light guiding layer and a holographic recording layer that partially replaces the light guiding layer is disclosed. The substrate is made of a first bismuth sillenite group substance. The light guiding layer is made of a second bismuth sillenite group substance that has a higher refractive index than the first bismuth sillenite group substance and absorbs little of the light being guided. The holographic recording layer is made of a third bismuth sillenite group substance that has a higher refractive index than the first bismuth sillenite group substance and has a degree of photosensitivity.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a holographic screen for the front laser projection of at least one or a plurality of laser wavelengths, said holographic screen selectively scattering back the incident spectrally narrow-band laser radiation in a predetermined solid angle and simultaneously absorbing intensely the disruptive spectrally broad-band ambient light. According to the invention, the holographic screen comprises at least one holographic volumetric grating (101, 102, 103) which is optically coupled to a light absorber (107).
Abstract:
Device, method and system for recording diffractive high resolutiion graphical information is provided which is suited to recording information that would be difficult to reproduce by typical counterfeiting methods. In one embodiment, light is selectively passed by a shutter (52), and a spatial filter (54) cleans the beam to remove undesirable frequency components. A liquid crystal display (LCD) (68) dynamically receives a data stream from a computer (20) where each of the displayed data values presents an optical characteristic (for example, density, phase or polarization) to the filtered beam and causes diffraction into a plurality of diffracted beams (59). A mask (76) selectively passes only predetermined ones of the beams so that only frequency components that will generate the desired optical interference fringes are allowed to pass. Additional optical components (78) receive the passed beams and redirect them to overlap at an output plane (80) to form interference fringes.
Abstract:
The invention provides an optical element comprising a first hologram (1) and a second hologram (2) separated by an intervening medium (30). The holograms (1, 2) have the same diffraction spacing and refractive index, but the first hologram (1) has an efficiency about one-half that of the second hologram (2), preferably about 50 % and >95 %, respectively. The geometry and the refractive index of the intervening medium (3) are such that an input beam (B) of mixed light undergoes diffraction and refraction to produce output beams (p1, p2) which combine in a controllably self-cancelling manner. Methods for the production of this element are also described.
Abstract:
An achromatic optical system that preferably includes a light source (25) for emitting light therefrom, an achromatic optical element (40) positioned to receive light emitted from the light source, and an optical detector (30) positioned to receive and detect light passing through the optical element. The achromatic optical element preferably includes a substrate (41) having opposing sides, a first computer generated hologram (43) positioned on one side of the substrate and adapted to receive light emitted from the light source, and a second computer generated hologram (45) positionally aligned on the opposite side of the substrate and adapted to receive light passing through the substrate from the first hologram at a predetermined location thereon. A method of forming an achromatic diffractive optical element is also provided which includes the steps of determining a first data set comprising a plurality of discrete phase values and discrete transition values and selecting from the first data set phase values and transition values to form a second data set for defining first and second holograms. A discrete value of the second data set is then replaced by another discrete value from the first data set. A change of an optical system error function is then determined responsive to the replacement in the second data set. If the error function is reduced, the new data set is retained.
Abstract:
An optical system (12) is disclosed which focuses a polychromatic source to an extended focal pencil (16). The implementation makes use of two (15, 17) holographic optical elements (HOEs) fabricated and aligned to form a deliberate longitudinal color dispersion (16), but to alleviate lateral chromatic effects. Consequently, the HOE doublet focuses different wavelengths of the source to different locations along the optical axis. The strong intensity of the focused wavelengths dominate at each location, so that the overall beam has a near-diffraction-limited 1/e2 spot size and suffers only relatively weak background illumination. An alternative optical system using bulk lenses (80, 82) and several possible applications for the device are also described.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an optical system for reproducing color video images comprising a lighting source (1), an electro-optical modulator (3) comprised of pixels associated respectively to red, green, blue colors and optical colimation means (2) for lighting the entire modulator. Said system also includes an assembly of holographic lenses (6) which are selective in wave lengthes, allowing to focus the light of each red, green or blue component on the associated pixels of the modulator. Application to video projectors and to direct vision.
Abstract:
A method for producing an optical element (17) comprising an optical surface the contours of which define a waveform the amplitude of which as measured with respect to a datum surface is related to the amplitude of an interference pattern generated at the datum surface by interference between two coherent beams of radiation. The beams are generated in and transmitted to the datum surface through a particle free vacuum. The axes of the beams are mutually inclined, and each of the beams is of uniform intensity across the beam wavefront. At least one of the beams diverges from a single point or converges towards a single point.
Abstract:
This invention comprises a novel apparatus for recording a holographic groove pattern on a diffraction grating blank (G). The recording apparatus is configured using newly developed groups of analytical equations. The invention further comprises the novel holographic diffraction grating (G) made with the inventive recording apparatus. The invention additionally comprises monochromators and spectrometers equipped with the inventive holographic diffraction grating (PG). Further, the invention comprises a monochromator configured to reduce aberrations using a newly developed group of analytical equations. Additionally, the invention comprises a method to reduce aberrations in monochromators and spectrometers using newly developed groups of analytical equations.
Abstract:
A projection system incorporating a screen (2, 14) with a substantially achromatic response in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the screen. The screen (2, 14) comprises a diffraction grating (4), means (5) for attenuating zero order and a diffuse holographic optical element (6). The system further comprises a focusing element with positive optical power. The aggregate optical power of the grating and the holographic optical element is substantially less than that of the focusing element.