Optics for full-parallax holographic stereograms

Michael A. Klug; Arno Klein; Wendy J. Plesniak; Adam B. Kropp; Benjie Chen

doi:10.1117/12.271340

10 April 1997 Optics for full-parallax holographic stereograms

Michael A. Klug, Arno Klein, Wendy J. Plesniak, Adam B. Kropp, Benjie Chen

Proceedings Volume 3011, Practical Holography XI and Holographic Materials III; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.271340
Event: Electronic Imaging '97, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

In the evolution of synthetic holography as a viable medium for industrial design and scientific visualization, the inclusion of full parallax represents a logical next step from the previous horizontal parallax-only approaches. The significant increase in full-parallax information content implies the need for high speed perspective view synthesis, optimized mechano-optical recording systems, and novel hologram illumination approaches. This paper outlines recording techniques for producing full-parallax holographic stereograms of computer-synthesized and acquired data. We document on-the-fly high-speed rendering software that integrates the printing and image-synthesis steps. In the interest of hologram printer size control, approaches for optical image plane enlargement are highlighted, and successful examples of A4-size (30 cm X 21 cm) full- parallax images are presented. We assess perspective-view array and image-plane pixel resolutions and their effect on overall image quality, in particular with respect to medium- size formats. Finally, we demonstrate optimized illumination techniques for controlling image clarity, including dispersion-compensated and edge-illuminated approaches.

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Michael A. Klug, Arno Klein, Wendy J. Plesniak, Adam B. Kropp, and Benjie Chen "Optics for full-parallax holographic stereograms", Proc. SPIE 3011, Practical Holography XI and Holographic Materials III, (10 April 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.271340

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