We developed a one-unit system for electroholography, which consists of a special-purpose computational chip and a high-resolution, reflective mode, liquid-crystal display panel as a spatial light modulator. We implemented them on one board whose size is approximately 20 cm × 20 cm. The chip makes a computer-generated hologram whose size is 800 × 600 at nearly real time (~0.5 s) for an object consisting of 1000 points. The pixel pitch of the display panel is 12 μm, and the resolution is 800 × 600. It reconstructs a three-dimensional motion image whose size is approximately 3 cm × 3 cm × 3 cm. The system can be readily scaled up, since the units consisting of the chip and the display are easily set in parallel.

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Appl. Opt.

• G. Tricoles, “Computer generated holograms: an historical review,” Appl. Opt. 26, 4351–4360 (1987). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• K. Matsushima and M. Takai, “Fast computation of Fresnel holograms employing difference,” Appl. Opt. 39 6587–6594 (2000). [CrossRef]

Comp. Graphics

• M. Lucente, “Interactive three-dimensional holographic displays: seeing the future in depth,” Comp. Graphics 31, 63–67 (1997). [CrossRef]

Comp. Phys. Commun.

• T. Shimobaba and T. Ito, “An efficient computational method suitable for hardware of computer-generated hologram with phase computation by addition,” Comp. Phys. Commun. 138, 44–52 (2001). [CrossRef]
• T. Ito, T. Yabe, M. Okazaki, and M. Yanagi, “Special-purpose computer HORN-1 for reconstruction of virtual image in three dimensions,” Comp. Phys. Commun. 82, 104–110 (1994). [CrossRef]
• T. Ito, H. Eldeib, K. Yoshida, S. Takahashi, T. Yabe, and T. Kunugi, “Special-purpose computer for holography HORN-2,” Comp. Phys. Commun. 93, 13–20 (1996) [CrossRef]
• T. Shimobaba, N. Masuda, T. Sugie, S. Hosono, S. Tsukui, and T. Ito, “Special-purpose computer for holography HORN-3 with PLD technology,” Comp. Phys. Commun. 130, 75–82 (2000). [CrossRef]
• T. Shimobaba, and T. Ito, “Special-purpose computer for holography HORN-4 with recurrence algorithm,” Comp. Phys. Commun. 148, 160–170 (2002). [CrossRef]

Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.

• T. Yabe, T. Ito, and M. Okazaki, “Holography machine HORN-1 for computer-aided retrieval of virtual three-dimensional image,” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 32, L1359–L1361 (1993). [CrossRef]

Opt. Eng.

• P. S. Hilaire, “Scalable optical architecture for electronic holography,” Opt. Eng. 34, 2900–2911 (1995). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

• M. Huebschman, B. Munjuluri, and R. G. Garner, “Dynamic holographic 3-D image projection,” Opt. Express 11, 437–445 (2003) <a href="http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-11-5-437">http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-11-5-437</a> [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett.

• T. Ito, T. Shimobaba, H. Godo, and M. Horiuchi, “Holographic reconstruction with a 10-µm pixel-pitch reflective liquid-crystal display by use of a light-emitting diode reference light,” Opt. Lett. 27, 1406–1408 (2002). [CrossRef]

Proc. SPIE

• P. S. Hilaire, S. A. Benton, M. Lucente, M. L. Jepsen, J. Kollin, H. Yoshikawa, and J. Underkoffler, “Electronic display system for computational holography,” Proc. SPIE 1212-20, 174–182 (1990). [CrossRef]
• P. S. Hilaire, S. A. Benton, M. Lucente, J. D. Sutter, and W. J. Plesniak, “Advances in holographic video,” Proc. SPIE 1914-27, 188–196 (1993).
• H. Yoshikawa, S. Iwase, and T. Oneda, “Fast computation of Fresnel holograms employing difference,” Proc. SPIE 3956, 48–55 (2000). [CrossRef]

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