Utilizing the unique properties of holography, it becomes possible to synthesize interference fields to produced large-aperture holographic optical elements such as holographic lenses and holographic diffraction gratings. It is on the synthesis of the large-aperture interference fields that the authors focus attention. To achieve the practical fulfillment of interference field synthesis, it has been necessary to develop a series of entirely new optical methods, which are discussed in this paper.

Date Published: 1 October 1991
PDF: 4 pages
Proc. SPIE 1500, Innovative Optics and Phase Conjugate Optics, (1 October 1991); doi: 10.1117/12.46843

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 1500:
Innovative Optics and Phase Conjugate Optics
Rolf-Juergen Ahlers; Theo T. Tschudi, Editor(s)