An apparatus and method for displaying holograms. A compact and self-contained lighting system for a display hologram, which can produce high quality images and which is substantially insensitive to stray light.

Exemplary systems that may reduce or eliminate the visibility of a boundary between the displaying portions of the system and the non-displaying portions of the system are disclosed. An exemplary system includes a display screen including a plurality of pixels forming a first periodic structure and a frame surrounding at least a portion of the display screen. The frame may include a holographic structure having a second periodic structure. The first pitch of the first periodic structure may be within 0.5 percent to 20 percent of the second pitch of the second periodic structure.

The present invention relates to a security document and/or document of value with a hologram in a visually changeable window as a novel security element, and also to a method for producing the same.

A laminated pane includes an outer pane having an outer surface and an interior surface, an inner pane having an outer surface and an interior surface, a first intermediate layer, and a hologram element having at least one hologram, wherein the first intermediate layer is arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane, the hologram element is arranged between the outer pane and the first intermediate layer or between the inner pane and the first intermediate layer, and wherein a UV protection layer is arranged on the interior surface of the outer pane.