Abstract

The reflection and transmission coefficients of holographic mirrors (HM's) and holographic Fabry–Perot filters (HFPF's) are studied. The diffraction efficiencies, the angular selectivities, and the wavelength sensitivities of HM's and HFPF's and their effects on the spectrum and on the coherence properties of the incident light are investigated. The results show that holographic techniques can indeed be used to construct high-quality reflecting mirrors and Fabry–Perot filters. HM's illuminated by a monochromatic plane wave are investigated in detail. The reflection and transmission coefficients are first studied as functions of frequency (wavelength) of the incident light and also as functions of the angle of incidence. It is shown that HM's can be used as highly reflecting mirrors around their Bragg angle of incidences. Their reflectivity curves have fairly wide angular- and frequency-selectivity ranges.

© 1994 Optical Society of America

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