400 results about "Holography" patented technology

Disclosed is a multiplexing method and apparatus that allows holograms to be spatially multiplexed with partial spatial overlap between neighboring stacks of holograms. Each individual stack can additionally take full advantage of an alternate multiplexing scheme such as angle, wavelength, phase code, peristrophic, or fractal multiplexing, for example. An amount equal to the beam waist of the signal beam writing a hologram separates individual stacks of holograms. Upon reconstruction, a hologram and its neighbors will all be readout simultaneously. An filter is placed at the beam waist of the reconstructed data such that the neighbors that are read out are not transmitted to the camera plane. Alternatively, these unwanted reconstructions can be filtered out with an angular filter at an intermediate plane in the optical system that has a limited angular passband.

A series of holograms is recorded by synchronizing a camera with laser pulses under the control of a digital delay generator. Amplitude and phase images are calculated while image distances are adjusted for the best focus on the object under observation. The amplitude and phase images are reconstructed while adjusting the image distances over a predetermined range to maintain the object in focus. Numerical superposition of a plurality of holographic fields taken with varying wavelengths provides high resolution microscopic three-dimensional imaging. Numerical reconstruction is based on an angular spectrum method that enables calculation of the image at any distance from the hologram plane. Wavelength scanning digital interference holography also enables image reconstruction along an arbitrarily tilted plane.

In-line holography to create images of a specimen, such as one or more particles dispersed in a transparent medium. Analyzing these images with results from light scattering theory yields the particles' sizes with nanometer resolution, their refractive indexes to within one part in a thousand, and their three dimensional positions with nanometer resolution. This procedure can rapidly and directly characterize mechanical, optical and chemical properties of the specimen and its medium.

The present invention makes it possible to reduce the size of an optical system for multiplex recording or reproduction of information utilizing holography.

A pick-up (11) of an optical information recording/reproducing apparatus generates information light by spatially modulating laser light emitted by a light source device (25) with a spatial light modulator (18) depending on the information to be recorded and generates reference light for recording having a spatially modulated phase by spatially modulating the phase of laser beam emitted by the light source device (25) with a phase-spatial light modulator (17). The information light and the reference light for recording are projected upon an optical information recording medium (1) such that they converge in different positions, and information is recorded in the hologram layer (3) in the form of an interference pattern as a result of interference between the information light reflected by a reflecting film (5) and the reference light for recording. The positioning of the information light and the reference light for recording is carried out based on information recorded in address servo areas (6).

Apparatus and method for recording and reproducing optical information using holography is designed to provide a small configuration and to improve the S/N ratio of reproduced information. During recording, a phase spatial light modulator generates information light spatially modulated in phase based on information to be recorded, and recording-specific reference light, that irradiate an information recording layer of an optical recording medium to record the information in the form of an interference pattern, resulting from interference between the information light and the recording-specific reference light. During reproduction, reproduction-specific reference light irradiates the information recording layer to generate reproduction light which is superimposed on the reproduction-specific reference light to generate composite light. The composite light is detected by a photodetector to reproduce the information.

A high spatial resolution phase-sensitive technique employs a scanning near field ultrasound holography (SNFUH) methodology for imaging elastic as well as viscoelastic variations across a sample surface. SNFUH uses a near-field approach to measure time-resolved variations in ultrasonic oscillations at a sample surface. As such, it overcomes the spatial resolution limitations of conventional phase-resolved acoustic microscopy (i.e. holography) by eliminating the need for far-field acoustic lenses.

The invention discloses a near-to-eye display system, which comprises a light source system, a light guide system and an image display system, wherein the image display system is used for displaying a hologram; the light source system is used for inputting a lighting beam to the light guide system; and the light guide system is used for carrying out transmission and expansion on the lighting beam and then enabling the beam to irradiate on the hologram displayed by the image display system to activate the hologram in a transmission mode. Correspondingly, the invention also discloses a head-mounted display device. The waveguide light guide technology and the computational holography technology are integrated fully, and thus, the near-to-eye display system is light and delicate, and large-view field display and depth adjustment through computational holography can be realized.

The invention relates to a manufacture method for holographic direct plating lining paper which belongs to the technical field of an aluminum-plated paper manufacture method. The working procedures include: (1) providing a film; (2) carrying out laser holographic contour forging treatment on the film; (3) coating a layer of compound glue dope on the surface of the film with the holographic layer and then compounding with a lining paper base; (4) peeling off the film to obtain the paper base with holographic information and meeting the water requirements of aluminum plating; (5) plating aluminum on the coat of the paper base; (6) subsequent treatment of aluminum plating; core: compounding the coat printed with a holographic pattern on the paper base to replace the spreading pre-treatment on the paper base and directly carrying out vacuum aluminum plating on the surface of a dope layer. The invention has the effects that: 1, the quality of the holographic lining paper is high and completely removes various defects of the lining paper manufactured by a common direct plating method; 2 the technique step is simple; besides, as a BOPP film can be repeatedly used, the cost can be reduced, thus being suitable for batch manufacture; 3, compared with the common direct plating lining paper, the holographic pattern is added, thus being beneficial to anti-fake of the product and improving the grade of the product.

An optical router switch array includes a plurality of switchable mirror elements having holographic liquid crystal arranged in stack cells. Each of the mirror elements is isolated electrically from the other switchable mirror elements by a plurality of substrates alternative arranged between the switchable mirror elements. Holographic gratings are formed on the holographic liquid crystal by exposure to holography at predetermined incident angles. A single switchable mirror element can also be provided in cases where an array is not required. The switchable mirror elements are polarization insensitive, stable within the operational spectral region, and stable versus temperature. The invention also includes methods for manufacturing a single switchable mirror element and the optical arrray.

The invention discloses a silicon nano brick array structure for Fourier color holography and a design method thereof. The design method includes achieving efficient reflection of special wavelengths through the effect of magnetic resonance of silicon nano bricks; designing silicon nano bricks into different sizes and achieve narrow-band response to primary colors of red, green and blue; and performing precision adjustment on phase of incident light through the orientation angle of the silicon nano bricks so as to achieve Fourier color holography. The silicon nano brick array structure for Fourier color holography and the design method thereof are simple in technology and can be widely applied to the fields of true color display, information storage and anti-counterfeiting measures.

This three-dimensional shape measurement method comprises: a projection step for projecting an interference fringe pattern (F) having a single spatial frequency (fi) onto an object surface; a recording step for recording the pattern (F) as a digital hologram; and a measurement step for generating a plurality of reconstructed images having different focal distances from the hologram, and deriving the distance to each point on the object surface by applying a focusing method to the pattern (F) on each of the reconstructed images. The measurement step extracts the component of the single spatial frequency (fi) corresponding to the pattern (F) from each of the reconstructed images by spatial frequency filtering, upon applying the focusing method, and makes it possible to achieve a highly accurate measurement in which the adverse effect of speckles is reduced and the advantage of a free-focus image reconstruction with holography is used effectively.

The present invention relates to a particle comprising a non-metallic core having a fluorescent material and a metallic shell encapsulating the non-metallic core wherein the metallic shell has transparency for an electromagnetic radiation having a first wavelength to excite the said fluorescent material and reflectance for an electromagnetic radiation having a second wavelength emitted by the said fluorescent material to confine the electromagnetic radiation having the second wavelength in the metallic shell. This system allows for the excitation of optical cavity modes inside the particle even at sub-micron particle size. The cavity modes are extremely sensitive to any change of the dielectric environment of the particle. This sensitivity can be used for the construction of optical nano-biosensors. Another application of the system is that of a microscopic source for spherical light waves, which may find applications in digital inline holography and display technology.

The invention relates to methods to improve SLMs, in particular to reflecting micromechanical SLMs, for applications with simple system architecture, high precision, high power handling capability, high throughput, and/or high optical processing capability. Applications include optical data processing, image projection, lithography, image enhancement, holography, optical metrology, coherence and wavefront control, and adaptive optics. A particular aspect of the invention is the achromatization of diffractive SLMs so they can be used with multiple wavelengths sequentially, simultaneously or as a result of spectral broadening in very short pulses.

It is an object of the invention to allow the use of a practical light source to record information in each information recording area of a recording medium having a plurality of information recording areas through the use of holography while moving the recording medium.

When recording information in the information recording areas (7) of the recording medium, the irradiating position (101) of information light and recording-specific reference light is moved such that the irradiating position (101) follows a single moving information recording area (7) for a predetermined period. Consequently, the single information recording area (7) keeps being irradiated with the information light and the recording-specific reference light for the predetermined period. Information is thus recorded in this information recording area (7) in the form of an interference pattern as a result of interference between the information light and the recording-specific reference light.

This invention relates to autostereoscopic display assemblies, in particular for hand-held devices such as tablets, i-Pads, mobile phones, etc., wherein a stereoscopic effect is achieved by forming light beams are emitted from the display at different angles and with different polarization. The display assembly comprises a sandwiched structure consisting of a light-guide panel and a modified liquid-crystal display that is applied onto the light-guide panel. The panel has on its outer surface a net of light waveguides for delivery of light from the light source and for uniform distribution of light over the entire surface of the display. The different polarizations and angular directions of the beams perceived differently by a viewer's left and right eyes are achieved by providing the light-distribution waveguides with holograms of two different types.

The present invention relates to a method for optical recording in which information is recorded on an optical recording media utilizing holography and to a method for optical reproducing in which information recorded on an optical recording media utilizing holography is reconstructed. The methods includes preparing an optical recording media having wavelength reference marks with a periodic structure which are associated with a recording base wavelength, irradiating the wavelength reference marks with a beam from a light source on recording information or on reproducing information to detect a wavelength shift of the light source with respect to the base wavelength based on a diffraction beam from the wavelength reference marks, and performing recording or reproducing while controlling the wavelength of the light source so as to reduce the wavelength shift.

The present invention aims to provide an optical data storage device capable of not only recording digital information by using holography, but also recording or reproducing information onto or from conventional optical discs represented by BD. In the optical data storage device of the present invention, a single light source is used for generation of both an optical beam for holographic medium curing and an optical beam for recording or reproducing information onto or from a BD or an HD DVD. Furthermore, the optical beam for holographic medium curing and the optical beam for recording or reproduction of information onto or from a BD or an HD DVD are designed to go through optical paths partly including a common optical path. In this configuration, multiple optical system configurations can be reasonably placed together into a single case.

The invention provides a color computational holography aberration compensation system and method based on a varifocus lens. The system comprises a red laser device, a green laser device, a blue laser device, a shutter I, a shutter II, a shutter III, a filter I, a filter II, a filter III, a collimating lens I, a collimating lens II, a collimating lens III, a reflecting lens, a semi-transmission semi-reflecting lens I, a semi-transmission semi-reflecting lens II, a space light modulator, a computer, a driving panel, the varifocus lens, a receiving panel and a synchronous control circuit. The varifocus lens is used for replacing a solid lens commonly used in a color computational holography optics reappearing process, the varifocus performance of the varifocus lens is used, the focal lengths of the varifocus lens during reappearing of light with different colors are changed, so that R, G and B three-color reappearing image axial coinciding is achieved, accordingly, aberration compensation is achieved, the system can be effectively simplified, cost is lowered, and reappearing image quality is improved.

A cigarette brand printing method which saves the materials includes three working procedures o printing, stamping holography and die-cutting. The three working procedures are: (1) printing from roll to roll, namely slot-free printing is carried out; besides, a registration mark is printed on paper; (2) stamping holography is carried out on roll paper circle by circle; automatic hot stamping, a stamping holography device which is provided with a locating registration device, is carried out; (3) die-cutting is carried out circle by circle by a roll paper die-cutting machine which is provided with the registration device and an under-pressure convex-concave device. As mark lines are arranged along the length directions of each screen period, the invention is provided with multiple sets of registration correcting devices and the length of each screen period is only 0.5 to 1 m, the calibration on the devices is much easier. The cigarette brand printing method has the advantages of saving energy and pressing convex during die-cutting, thus effectively avoiding roll-to-roll gravure, namely the attenuation problem of the pressing convex effect during on-line pressing convex; stamping holography circuit by circle stops the phenomena of fogging and frothing during the original printing process.