Abstract:
A present invention provides a computer generated hologram which forms a light intensity distribution on a predetermined plane by giving a phase distribution to a wavefront of incident light, the hologram including a first anisotropic cell and second anisotropic cell configured to change a polarization state of the incident light, and a first isotropic cell and second isotropic cell configured not to change the polarization state of the incident light, wherein a direction of an optic axis of the first anisotropic cell is different from a direction of an optic axis of the second anisotropic cell, and a thickness of the first isotropic cell is different from a thickness of the second isotropic cell.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical information reproducing device capable of reproducing an interference pattern recorded by using information light generated by spatially modulating phases of light. SOLUTION: A hologram producing device is disclosed, which includes: an object light generating means 102 generating object light in a first polarization direction; a reference light generating means 103 generating reference light in a second polarization direction orthogonal to the first polarization direction; an irradiating means 104 irradiating a hologram recording layer 112 of a recording medium 111 through the top face with the object light and the reference light; a polarized light selective reflection means 106, disposed in the backside of the hologram recording layer, reflecting only one of the object light and the reference light transmitted through the hologram recording layer toward the hologram recording layer; and a polarization converting means 105 disposed between the hologram recording layer and the polarized light selective reflection means, converting the polarization direction of the reflected one of the object light and the reference light into a polarization direction orthogonal to the original direction. A reflective hologram 115, which is formed in the hologram recording layer by the interference between the one of the object light and the reference light with the other of the object light and the reference light incident to the top face of the recording medium, is recorded in the hologram recording layer. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a computer hologram capable of forming a light intensity distribution in a desired shape and polarization state. SOLUTION: The computer hologram 100 has a plurality of anisotropic cells which change the polarization state of incident light and isotropic cells which do not change the polarization state of incident light, sizes and arrays of the plurality of anisotropic cells and the plurality of isotropic cells being set such that a linear polarized light component in a first direction of the incident light forms a first light intensity distribution LI1 on a predetermined plane PS, a linear polarized light component in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction of the incident light forms a second light intensity distribution LI2 different from the first light intensity distribution on the predetermined plane, and the linear polarized light component in the first direction and the linear polarized light component in the second direction are in phase or out of phase by π with each other in a region where the first light intensity distribution and second light intensity distribution overlap with each other. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a computer generated hologram which forms a light intensity distribution (reproduced image) in a desired form and polarizing state while controlling uneven illuminance and light quantity losses. SOLUTION: This computer generated hologram which forms a light intensity distribution on a predetermined plane by giving a phase distribution to a wavefront of incident light, comprises: an anisotropic layer whose refractive index with respect to linearly polarized light in a first direction is different from a refractive index of the anisotropic layer with respect to linearly polarized light in a second direction perpendicular to the linearly polarized light in the first direction; and an isotropic layer whose refractive index with respect to the linearly polarized light in the first direction is equal to a refractive index of the isotropic layer with respect to the linearly polarized light in the second direction. By giving different phase distributions to the wavefront of the linearly polarized light components in the first direction of the incident light, and the wavefront of the linearly polarized light components in the second direction of the incident light, the first light intensity distribution whose linearly polarized light components in the first direction of the incident light form on the predetermined plane is made different from the second light intensity distribution whose linearly polarized light components in the second direction of the incident light form on the predetermined plane. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
Disclosed is a display for the holographic reconstruction of a three-dimensional scene using means which allow a reduction of speckle patterns. Speckle patterns result in the graining of a holographic reconstruction and worsen the quality thereof. The 3D scene is incoherently superimposed with itself chronologically or spatially in the eye of the observer. The modulated wave fronts of each reconstructed object point of the scene are shifted relative to themselves in the reconstruction beam path and superimposed in the eye of the observer. The shifting may occur one-dimensionally and two-dimensionally. Each object point is multiplied with itself in the eye of the observer in accordance with the number of the shifted wave fronts. The various speckle patterns over which the eye of the observer averages are also multiplied. Speckle patterns are reduced and the reconstruction quality is thus increased in holographic displays.