Identifying a dot-matrix hologram by checking the intersecting angles of its gratings

Three features about the intersecting state of two gratings are used to identify dot-matrix holograms created by two-beam writers in this paper. The first feature is the intersection angle of the fringes of two gratings. The second feature is the ratio of the pitches of two lowest-order moiré-patterns formed by overlapping two gratings. The third feature is the length ratio of the two diagonal lines of a parallelogram constructed by two neighboring fringes of a first grating and two neighboring fringes of a second grating. All the three features are equivalent, i.e. they are all relative to the intersection angle of two gratings. Because the grating orientations of grating dots cannot be accurately reproduced for the orientation uncertainties of the components used by a two-beam writer, the intersection angles of the gratings of grating dots cannot be easily counterfeited. Therefore, the proposed methods are practical and feasible for the anti-counterfeiting applications of dot-matrix holograms.     

Waveguide grating coupler with a tailored spectral response based on a computer-generated waveguide hologram

We propose a novel method that, for the first time to our knowledge, makes it possible to tailor the spectral response of an input grating coupler. This method is based on the idea of computer-generated waveguide holography. Grating couplers with different spectral responses have been designed and fabricated, and experimental results are presented that demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Coupled wave analysis for a reflection dephased mixed hologram grating

A coupled-wave analysis is given for a mixed hologram grating. The effect of spatial dephasing between the absorption and phase grating which was previously presented in transmission gratings is now developed for reflection ones. The effect is presented analytically and evaluated numerically for several cases. The analysis is motivated by the photorefractive effect in electro-optic crystals.     

在全息照相实验中增设光栅辅助白光再现全息图的尝试

针对目前大多数理工科院校开设的全息照相实验中一般只用单色光再现的现状,在保留单色光再现的基础上,增加了光栅辅助白光再现实验内容,丰富了实验内容和提升了实验层次,加深了学生对全息术理论和光栅衍射的理解.     

The diffraction efficiency of hologram grating recorded in an absorptive medium

The profile of the hologram grating is described considerating the absorption of the recording medium and its diffraction efficiency is calculated for special cases using the coupled wave theory. The maximum diffraction efficiency obtainable is not affected by the absorption of the recording medium in the case of transmission holograms, while it decreases with increasing absorption in the case of absorptive reflection holograms.     

CCD用于全息光栅常数实时测量研究

本文讨论了在制造全息光栅过程中，ＣＣＤ实时测量全息光栅常数的方法。其方法可实现高精度、全自动在线测量全息光栅常数，比传统的测量优越。文章用简单的装置借助ＣＣＤ进行数据采集、数据处理，实现快速自动测量光栅常数，在全息光学中有应用价值，对推广ＣＣＤ应用技术，促进光学测量现代化有现实意义。     

基于数字闪耀光栅的位相全息图光电再现优化

针对利用液晶空间光调制器（LC-SLM）进行全息图光电再现过程中,再现像面存在多级衍射像造成单一像能量利用率低的问题,提出了一种在位相全息图中加载数字闪耀光栅的方法,以提高全息图光电再现中单一衍射像的衍射效率.分析了闪耀光栅作为衍射光学元件的特性及其对光波进行位相调制的原理,并阐述了在LC-SLM中加载数字闪耀光栅对位相全息图光电再现时像面能量分布的影响.搭建了基于LC-SLM的位相全息图光电再现实验系统.理论分析表明：在其他条件不变的情况下,加载竖直（或水平）槽向周期为2 pixels的数字闪耀光栅可使 关键词： 全息光电再现 位相全息图 数字闪耀光栅 液晶空间光调制器     

Adiabatic three-wave volume hologram: large efficiency independent of grating strength and polarization

A transmission hologram with two volume gratings is considered in the regime of wave A diffracted into wave B via an intermediate weakly excited wave C. In analogy to the phenomenon of stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in nonlinear optics, this new scheme demonstrates diffraction efficiency with low sensitivity to the hologram's strength. A theory of three-wave adiabatic coupling has been developed and explored analytically. Numerical results show an example of a coupling profile that preserves high diffraction efficiency with almost no dependence on the hologram's strength, including the suppressed influence of polarization.     

Single beam grating coupler with a large grating periodicity

Diffraction of a guided mode by a thin grating is analyzed by a graphical method in the general case where the coupled modes do not propagate in a symmetry plane of the grating. Predictions of the method are confirmed by experiments and single beam coupler configurations are proposed that do not require small grating periodicities.     

Multiplexed phase-conjugate holographic data storage with a buffer hologram

We describe and demonstrate a volume holographic storage system in which a phase-conjugate object beam is reconstructed by the same reference beam that was used for recording. An intermediate hologram is used as a temporary buffer, recorded with its own reference beam and the data-bearing object beam. Reading this buffer hologram with the phase conjugate of its reference beam reconstructs the phase conjugate of the object beam, which can then be recorded into the desired volume hologram for long-term storage. This method combines the immunity to lens aberrations provided by phase-conjugate readout with the simplicity of using the same multiplexed reference beam for both recording and readout. Only a single pair of phase-conjugate reference beams is required. Experimental results are shown with a single LiNbO(3):Fe crystal used as both buffer and storage holograms and a self-pumped phase-conjugate mirror in BaTiO(3) that provides the pair of phase-conjugate reference beams.     

High-efficiency volume hologram recording with a pulsed signal beam

We present an efficient photorefractive volume hologram recording technique with a pulsed signal beam and continuous reference-beam illumination. The grating envelope can be simply controlled by manipulation of the duty cycle of the signal beam. Thus, for any grating coupling strength and different initial reference-signal intensity ratios, the diffraction efficiency can be maximized with this technique and can be greatly increased in comparison with that of the conventional recording technique.     

从线全息图分析彩虹全息

本文从彩虹全息固有的线全息图出发,不采用传统狭缝像的概念来分析彩虹全息的成像机理.论述了线全息图的宽度与再现像最小分辨距离及体视极限的关系;讨论了几种典型彩虹全息术中线全息图的特征及其对再现象的影响,提出并实现了不通过狭缝实像来观察再现像的新方法.     

Temperature-compensating multiple fiber Bragg grating strain sensors with a metrological grating

A novel approach based on multiple fiber Bragg gratings for measuring the distributed strain, which is temperature compensated, is demonstrated. Especially, in order to increase the measurement accuracy, a metrological grating is employed to read out the output of the system. The measurement resolution of the system is less than 0.5 μ.     

Lateral-shear interferograms registered with double-exposure recording of a gabor lens hologram

An analysis is made of the results of a double-exposure recording based on superposing the subjective speckle fields of a Gabor hologram with a negative lens located in the plane of the amplitude scatterer. It is shown that when the hologram is reconstructed a lateral-shear interferogram is formed in this plane and on the optic axis if the diffraction field is spatially filtered, and an interference pattern having twice the interferometer sensitivity for a fixed lateral shear is localized in the plane of the hologram. Tomsk State University. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 3, pp. 47–54, March, 1998.     

Recording of a hologram by using the second-order nonlinearity

The observation of “spatial-modulation” resonances of saturated absorption in the interaction of iodine-127 vapors with a superposition of frequency-nondegenerate TEM₀₁ and TEM₁₀ transverse modes of a linear laser is reported. The modulation of the total radiation power of the probing wave, recorded at twice the beating frequency of transverse modes of the laser, is interpreted to be the result of the transformation of modulation of the spatial distribution of the field into its amplitude modulation under the action of nonlinearly absorbing iodine vapors. Resonances of saturated absorption of the weak line R(127)11-5 of iodine-127 (633 nm) in an extracavity cell are observed by the method proposed.     

One-step recording of a dot-array color hologram with a reference beam encoding plate

A novel method of making a dot-array color hologram in one step with a prefabricated reference beam encoding plate (RBEP) is proposed. This RBEP can produce three sets of dot-array reference beams simultaneously, which are spatially separated on the recording plane and overlap three digital images that correspond, respectively, to the three primary color images of a color object at the same time. Therefore only one exposure is needed for recording the color hologram. Both the theoretical analysis and experimental results that confirm the feasibility of this approach are given.     

Analysis of the diffracted wave from a volume hologram stored with an irregular pattern

The theoretical analysis for the diffracted wave from a volume hologram stored with an irregular pattern is presented. The relative diffraction efficiencies with respect to position and wavelength of readout wave are calculated by applying the Born approximation for light diffraction. The results are compared with experimental results and the effects of irregular pattern are discussed.     

Dynamic range of a thermoplastic photoconductor hologram

A thermoplastic photoconductor material is well-known as a hologram recording material. The dynamic ranges of a thermoplastic hologram are studied in two softening methods. One is the conventional heating method, and the other is the newly developed solvent vapor method. It is found that the solvent vapor method makes the dynamic range ten times as wide as the heating method, and in the solvent vapor method exposure time and charging voltage hardly affect the final diffraction efficiency.