Abstract

A technique of high-resolution one-step rainbow holography utilizing a cylindrical lens is presented. Experimental demonstrations for various holographic conditions are provided. With the experimental results, we see that the technique utilizing a cylindrical lens offers a higher hologram-image resolution, less speckle noise, and lower color-blur effect than the conventional one-step technique. The technique is particularly suitable for the application of a 2-D object transparency.

© 1980 Optical Society of America

Resolution and color blur of the one-step rainbow hologram

S. L. Zhuang, P. H. Ruterbusch, Y. W. Zhang, and F. T. S. Yu
Appl. Opt. 20(5) 872-878 (1981)

Point spread and transfer functions for the rainbow holographic process

Y. W. Zhang and L. Z. Cai
Appl. Opt. 23(10) 1493-1498 (1984)

Simple rainbow-holographic technique for two-dimensional transparencies

R. D. Bahuguna and F. Mendoza-Santoyo
Opt. Lett. 9(9) 381-383 (1984)

One-step rainbow hologram

Hsuan Chen and F. T. S. Yu
Opt. Lett. 2(4) 85-87 (1978)

Rainbow holographic aberrations and the bandwidth requirements

Y. W. Zhang, W. G. Zhu, and F. T. S. Yu
Appl. Opt. 22(1) 164-169 (1983)