Volume holograms as frequency-selective elements

In this paper we investigate the possibility of using thick holograms as diffraction gratings. We compare the well-known parameters of the plane diffraction grating such as dispersion, efficiency, resolution, and others, with those for volume holograms. The calculations for the case of volume holograms are based on the theory of coupled waves. Experiments were performed with volume-phase holograms in transmission, stored in dichromated gelatine layers. The investigations show that the volume hologram fulfills two functions simultaneously. It acts as a spectral predecomposer and also as a high-resolving spectral apparatus.     

单缝衍射图像的仿真与研究

应用M atlab编程仿真单缝衍射形成的图像及全息图,数值模拟了夫琅禾费衍射和费聂耳衍射的衍射图和全息图,分析比较了它们的区别和联系,研究结果为电磁波发射中天线的探测提供理论依据。     

体积全息图中的光子禁带

利用光子晶体的概念和方法分析光学全息,用光子晶体的带结构解释了体积全息图的性质.与超晶格不同,全息光子晶体的介电常量是渐变而不是突变的.着重讨论了一维非倾斜反射全息图在再现光不同角度入射情况下禁带结构的性质,通过基元反射全息实验的验证,证明体全息的禁带分析与实验结果符合得很好. 关键词： 体积全息图 光子晶体 禁带     

Computer generated holograms using personal computers

Holography or the method of wave-front reconstruction to produce an image was introduced by D. Gabor in 1948. Normally a laser is necessary to produce holograms in the laboratory. This paper introduces the usage of the high resolution display of the IBM-PC and a graphics printer to generate holograms. The advantages of using this method are that holograms of real or fictitious objects can be made, since all objects can be represented by a collection of points and one does not need an elaborate set up to make the holograms. This method is also useful for making Fourier transform holograms, image plane holograms, spatial filters, optical elements, etc.^1,2     

Comparative analysis of mathematical models of the matrix photodetector used in digital holography

It is established, that in modern works on digital holography, three fundamentally different mathematical models of a matrix photodetector are used. Comparative analysis of these models, including analysis of the formula of each model and test calculations, has been conducted. The possibility of using these models to account for the influence of geometrical parameters of a matrix photodetector on the properties of recorded digital holograms is considered.     

Determination of depth-of-focus in lensless in-line digital particle holography

Lensless in-line digital particle holography (DPH) can be thought of as a special case of photography, and its depth of focus (DoF) characteristics combine those of both photography and holography. The effect of important parameters such as the pixel size and the number of pixels in a charge-coupled device (CCD), the object's distance, the wavelength of the laser, and the particle diameter on the DoF of a reconstruction image in lensless in-line DPH was investigated using simulation holograms. The DoF is directly proportional to the object distance and the particle size. As the wavelength of the laser increases, the DoF decreases. The DoF is inversely proportional to the pixel size and to the number of pixels in a CCD. Instead of expressing nonspecific proportional relationships for DoF, the DoF prediction equations for typical CCD cameras were obtained using DoF data from many simulation holograms and efficient data-fitting software. Finally, the DoF prediction equations were verified using real holograms from a calibration target for several cases. Good agreement between measured and predicted values was confirmed.     

Fast reconstruction of multiple off-axis holograms based on a combination of complex encoding and digital spatial multiplexing

An algorithm is proposed for the fast reconstruction of off-axis digital holograms based on a combination of complex encoding(CE) and spatial multiplexing(SM). In this algorithm, every two off-axis holograms recorded in sequence are first assembled into a CE hologram using the CE method, and then four of the CE holograms are again encoded into one complex spatial multiplexing(CSM) hologram based on the SM algorithm. It is demonstrated that the eight holograms encoded into such one CSM hologram can be quickly reconstructed by performing a two-dimensional(2D) Fourier transform(FT) on the CSM hologram. Using this method, the eight 2D FTs required for the reconstruction of the eight holograms in the conventional spatial filtering methods can be simplified to a process with only one 2D FT, which can largely improve the computation efficiency with the     

Optical restoration of photorefractive holograms

We consider the possibility of restoration and/or enhancement of decaying holograms in photorefractive media by using a simple optical readout in conjunction with a phase conjugator. The results indicate that extremely weak holograms can be enhanced provided that the two-beam coupling is sufficiently strong. Steady-state photorefractive holograms can be maintained continuously without decay by using a self-enhanced readout scheme. The results also provide an explanation for the formation of mutually pumped phase conjugation in terms of the amplification of an initial noise grating. The results are presented and discussed.     

Symmetry dependence of holograms for optical trapping

No iterative algorithm is necessary to calculate holograms for most holographic optical trapping patterns. Instead, holograms may be produced by a simple extension of the prisms-and-lenses method. This formulaic approach yields the same diffraction efficiency as iterative algorithms for any asymmetric or symmetric but nonperiodic pattern of points while requiring less calculation time. A slight spatial disordering of periodic patterns significantly reduces intensity variations between the different traps without extra calculation costs. Eliminating laborious hologram calculations should greatly facilitate interactive holographic trapping.     

基于统一计算设备架构的干涉成像光谱快速反演技术研究

在基于干涉光谱成像的气体成分实时遥测应用中,为了对推扫获取的原始干涉数据进行快速、有效的反演处理,提出一种结合计算统一设备架构（CUDA）的并行时空混合调制型长波红外干涉光谱反演算法。通过分析自主研制的时空混合调制型干涉光谱仪的数据获取模式,结合CUDA平台实现了并行反演算法。实验结果表明,基于CUDA平台的并行计算技术比仅使用CPU进行计算在效率上提升了5至20倍,为后期进一步做光谱识别打下了基础。     

Concealed moiré pattern encoded security holograms readable by a key hologram

This paper describes a novel method of incorporating concealed coding features in security holograms in the form of moiré patterns, which need an encoded key hologram to decode them. These concealed codes in the holograms are in turn recorded with an encoded feature, so that these remain invisible to the counterfeiters thereby enhancing the anti-counterfeiting ability of security holograms. These security features, which are specific kinds of moiré patterns, can only be decoded by using an encoded key hologram in the final reading process. Though these type of security holograms are quite suitable for visual inspection, they possess high degree of anti-counterfeit ability and also do not require expensive reading machines. They can also be used as security codes for better protection against counterfeiting embossed holograms. Two different recording schemes for the formation of such security holograms and typical experimental results have been presented.     

Multiple recording of rainbow holograms on the same section of a photosensitive material

Abstrac A technology is proposed for multiple recording of holograms on the same section of thin recording media using the technique for obtaining rainbow holograms. It is shown that in this case the individual holograms can be reconstructed and read independently of one another. Experimental results are presented. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 68, 127–129 (February 1998)     

Engineered pixels using active plasmonic holograms with liquid crystals

Digital holography requires arrays of small reconfigurable elements to achieve complex reconstruction of the hologram with common systems based on pixels utilizing liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) technology. The backplane of a typical pixel element is potentially underutilized and thus relatively large physical areas exist in which information can be stored and exploited to give additional functionality to pixel elements. Polarisation and wavelength dependent optical properties can be achieved in small areas using the plasmonic effects of optical antennae. The integration of LCs with optical antennae‐based plasmonic holograms allows active modulation of the far field pattern. The work here demonstrates the concept that conventional LCoS pixel elements can be greatly enhanced with the integration of plasmonic holograms, composed of optical antennae patterned on the surface, giving rise to new levels of modulation capability for holographic pixel elements. Using LCs, polarisation dependent effects in plasmonic holograms can be switched. ‘Engineered pixels', with sub‐wavelength multiplexing over both polarisation and wavelength, can increase the channel capacity of a typical LC display device. (© 2015 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH &Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Single-shot polarization-imaging digital holography based on simultaneous phase-shifting interferometry

We propose single-shot digital holography which is capable of simultaneously capturing both the information of multiple phase-shifted holograms and the distribution of the polarization. In this technique, a single image sensor records both the information required for phase-shifting interferometry and that of the polarization states of objects using an array of polarizers. The essence of the technique is the capability of imaging the distribution of the polarization of three-dimensional objects with a single-shot exposure by using the space-division multiplexing of holograms. The validity of the proposed technique was confirmed by the preliminary experiments.     

Dynamic optical correlation using localized holography

A new technique for optical correlation using gated holographic recording is demonstrated. Several persistent holograms are localized within separate slices as close as 33 microm apart along the crystal. Individual holograms can be dynamically erased and rerecorded with no need to refresh all other recorded holograms. Experimental results showing the correlation capability, cross talk, shift invariance, and dynamicity of the localized holographic correlator demonstrate unique performance and capabilities for these correlators.     

Binary processes in holographic memories and application to the calculation of capacity

A theoretical model is used to calculate the capacity of both classical and Lippmann holograms, and experimental examples of reconstructed images are given. The greater capacity of the Lippmann hologram is thus shown, and the advantage of using an alphabet composed of binary elements for storing text can be seen.     

Assessment of acoustic pressure holograms from membrane velocity measurements

The aim of this paper is to demonstrate experimentally the possibility of acquiring acoustic pressure holograms using a light membrane and a scanning laser vibrometer. The velocity of a light membrane placed in an acoustic field can be measured without contact by means of a laser vibrometer. The ideal membrane must be optically reflective, acoustically transparent (having as little mass as possible), impermeable, and mounted without tension. The measured velocity is equal for continuity reasons to the normal acoustic velocity, but differs from the acoustic velocity without the membrane because the membrane is never completely transparent to acoustic waves. The effect of the mass of the membrane can be taken into account to correct this difference. Then, acoustic pressure holograms can be deduced from velocity holograms using the 2D Discrete Fourier Transform. An experimental validation is carried out; acoustic pressures derived from laser measurements are compared with microphone measurements, with a very satisfying match over a wide frequency range.     

High-order finite-element seismic wave propagation modeling with MPI on a large GPU cluster

We implement a high-order finite-element application, which performs the numerical simulation of seismic wave propagation resulting for instance from earthquakes at the scale of a continent or from active seismic acquisition experiments in the oil industry, on a large cluster of NVIDIA Tesla graphics cards using the CUDA programming environment and non-blocking message passing based on MPI. Contrary to many finite-element implementations, ours is implemented successfully in single precision, maximizing the performance of current generation GPUs. We discuss the implementation and optimization of the code and compare it to an existing very optimized implementation in C language and MPI on a classical cluster of CPU nodes. We use mesh coloring to efficiently handle summation operations over degrees of freedom on an unstructured mesh, and non-blocking MPI messages in order to overlap the communications across the network and the data transfer to and from the device via PCIe with calculations on the GPU. We perform a number of numerical tests to validate the single-precision CUDA and MPI implementation and assess its accuracy. We then analyze performance measurements and depending on how the problem is mapped to the reference CPU cluster, we obtain a speedup of 20x or 12x.     

Computer-generated holograms using (Se,S)-based chalcogenide amorphous film

New computer-generated holograms using As-Se-S-Ge chalcogenide amorphous film are presented. The chalcogenide film is sensitive to an electron beam and has a high resolution (3000 lines/mm). Utilizing a fine focused electron beam and a high resolution of the amorphous film, full size computer-generated holograms can be directly fabricated without reducing process, and thus a real-time process is possible. Computer-generated holograms with 64 × 64 cells have been experimentally demonstrated in 560 μm × 560 μm hologram size.     

Interferometry using binary holograms without high order diffraction effects

We describe a technique for a phase-stepping interferometer based on programmable binary phase holograms, particularly useful for optical testing of aspheric or free-form surfaces. It is well-known that binary holograms can be used to generate reference surfaces for interferometry, but a major problem is that cross talk from higher diffraction orders and aliasing can reduce the fidelity of the system. Here, we propose a new encoding technique which improves the accuracy of the technique and demonstrate its implementation using a binary liquid crystal spatial light modulator.