An apparatus and method to produce a hologram of an object includes an electromagnetic radiation assembly configured to receive a received electromagnetic radiation, such as light, from the object. The electromagnetic radiation assembly is further configured to diffract the received electromagnetic radiation and transmit a diffracted electromagnetic radiation. An image capture assembly is configured to capture an image of the diffracted electromagnetic radiation and produce the hologram of the object from the captured image.

An apparatus and method to produce a hologram of an object includes an electromagnetic radiation assembly configured to receive a received electromagnetic radiation, such as light, from the object. The electromagnetic radiation assembly is further configured to diffract the received electromagnetic radiation and transmit a diffracted electromagnetic radiation. An image capture assembly is configured to capture an image of the diffracted electromagnetic radiation and produce the hologram of the object from the captured image.

An interference imaging device includes a light interference generator that includes: a light wave splitter configured to reflect a part of incident light and to allow a remaining part of the incident light to pass through; a phase modulator configured to modulate a phase of incident light that has passed through the light wave splitter; and a reflector configured to reflect the phase-modulated incident light from the phase modulator so that the reflected, phase-modulated incident light overlaps with incident light that has been reflected by the light wave splitter.

A light source device connected to an optical fiber and emit light from the optical fiber, the device includes: a plurality of laser light sources to respectively emit light at different wavelengths; a current source to supply a drive current with a superimposed alternating-current component to each laser light source; a light source control section to selectively switch the laser light sources by controlling the current sources; a plurality of optical systems disposed in optical paths of the respective laser light sources to reflect the light from the respective laser light sources to an incident end of the optical fiber and to reflect return light reflected on the incident end to the respective laser light sources; and a return light adjustment section to adjust an amount of the return light to continuously spread a spectrum of the light emitted from the optical fiber.

There is provided a near-eye device for augmenting a real world view. The near-eye device comprises a spatial light modulator comprising an array of phase modulating elements arranged to apply a phase delay distribution to incident light. The device further comprises a beam combiner comprising a first optical input arranged to receive spatially modulated light from the spatial light modulator and a second optical input having a field of view of the real world.

There is provided a near-eye device for augmenting a real world view. The near-eye device comprises a spatial light modulator comprising an array of phase modulating elements arranged to apply a phase delay distribution to incident light. The device further comprises a beam combiner comprising a first optical input arranged to receive spatially modulated light from the spatial light modulator and a second optical input having a field of view of the real world.

A partial-aperture imaging system, including one or more partial-aperture units, each including) one or more partial apertures disposed over a periphery of a circular area representing a full aperture having, each partial aperture being directed towards scenery, while the total area of the partial apertures spans only a portion of the area of the full aperture; one CPM for each of the partial apertures, the CPM receiving, one at a time, from a respective partial aperture at least one point-object image and at least one complex-object image, the CPM modulating by a same random code the phases of pixels of one or more pairs of the point-object and complex-object images, to form PORIs and CORIs; an imager for optically receiving the PORI—each PORI being defined as a PSF, respectively, and at least one CORI, and for storing; and a processor to form a final image.

A holographic camera system includes an imaging lens, a polarizer configured to circularly polarize light incident from the imaging lens, a geometric phase lens with a phase delay of λ/4, and an image sensor configured to replicate an interference pattern through self-interference of light output from the geometric phase.

Disclosed herein an apparatus for generating hologram and a method for generating hologram using the same. The apparatus includes: a geometric phase modulator disposed to enable incident light from a target object to pass through and configured to modulate the incident light to a plurality of circular polarizations; an image sensor configured to receive the plurality of circular polarizations and to acquire an interference fringe generated by the plurality of circular polarizations as an image; and a polarization selective element equipped with a liquid crystal element, which controls an output polarization angle of the incident light according to an output polarization signal, and configured to sequentially output the incident light at output polarization angles different from each other.

Systems and methods for performing coherent diffraction in an optical device are disclosed. An optical device may include a grating medium with a first hologram having a first grating frequency. A second hologram at least partially overlapping the first hologram may be provided in the grating medium. The second hologram may have a second grating frequency that is different from the first grating frequency. The first and second holograms may be pair-wise coherent with each other. A manufacturing system may be provided that writes the pair-wise coherent holograms in a grating medium using a signal beam and a reference beam. Periscopes may redirect portions of the signal and reference beams towards a partial reflector, which combines the beams and provides the combined beam to a detector. A controller may adjust an effective path length difference between the signal and reference beams based on a measured interference pattern.