Abstract

We have combined the flexibility of computer-generated binary holograms with the high optical quality of dichromated gelatin holography to fabricate a range of efficient, wide-bandwidth, and compact space-invariant fanout elements. Our approach is based on a certain novel coherent spatial filtering technique, termed the inverse central dark ground method, which permits the use of a binary-amplitude hologram corresponding to the desired binary-phase profile in the object arm of the interferometric recording setup.

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Fabrication of space invariant fanout components in dichromated gelatin

Brian Robertson, Mohammad R. Taghizadeh, Jari Turunen, and Antti Vasara
Appl. Opt. 29(8) 1134-1141 (1990)

Hybrid kinoform fanout holograms in dichromated gelatin

Brian Robertson, Jari Turunen, Hiroyuki Ichikawa, J. Michael Miller, Mohammad R. Taghizadeh, and Antti Vasara
Appl. Opt. 30(26) 3711-3720 (1991)

Space-variant holographic optical elements in dichromated gelatin

Brian Robertson, Edward J. Restall, Mohammad R. Taghizadeh, and Andrew C. Walker
Appl. Opt. 30(17) 2368-2375 (1991)

Dichromated gelatin for the fabrication of holographic optical elements

B. J. Chang and C. D. Leonard
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Methylene blue sensitized dichromated gelatin holograms: influence of the moisture on their exposure and diffraction efficiency

Toru Mizuno, Tsukasa Goto, Masayuki Goto, Kazuma Matsui, and Toshihiro Kubota
Appl. Opt. 29(32) 4757-4760 (1990)