The present invention relates to a method for generating a volume reflection hologram using a substrate induced reconstruction beam and / or a substrate induced
diffraction beam in a
single beam setup, comprising the steps of: (i) providing at least one
laser beam source (100) generating a recording beam (101, 102) having a first
wave vector (201, 302b, 307); and (ii) providing a
holographic recording medium (107, 200) on a transparent substrate (106), the substrate (106) being connected to the at least one
laser beam source (102b, 307). (iii) providing a reflector arrangement (103, 103') arranged on the second flat surface of the substrate (106), wherein the recording beams (101, 102) irradiate the
holographic recording medium (107), and the recording beams (101, 102) reflect the
holographic recording medium (107) and the substrate (106). The reflected beam (104) passes through the plate (106) and is reflected by the reflector arrangement (103, 103') towards the holographic recording medium (107) and the substrate (106) as a reflected beam (104) having a second
wave vector (202, 303b, 306), the reflected beam (104) generating an interference pattern with the recording beam in the holographic recording medium (107), the interference pattern having the form of a
grating (110, 203) having a
grating vector (305), the
grating vector (305) being proportional to the
wave vector of the reflected beam (104). the grating vector (305) is also identical to the
difference vector of the wave vector (303a) of the diffracted beam and the wave vector (302a) of the reconstruction beam, a first plane in which the recording beam and the reflected beam extend is different from a second plane in which the reconstruction beam and the diffracted beam extend, and the grating vector (305) of the grating (110, 203) is parallel to a 30 intersection line of the first and second planes. The invention further relates to an apparatus for generating a volume reflection hologram using a substrate-induced reconstruction beam and / or a substrate-induced
diffraction beam in a
single beam setup.