A device (200,300) forms steerable plasma (222, 310) using a laser source (110) and a LCOS-SLM, Liquid Crystal on Silicon Spatial Light Modulator (112). The device generates a laser control signal and a LCOS-SLM (Liquid Crystal on Silicon Spatial Light Modulator) control signal. The laser source generates a plurality of incident laser beams based on the laser control signal. The LCOS-SLM receives the plurality of incident laser beams, modulates the plurality of incident laser beams based on the LCOS-SLM control signal to form a plurality of holographic wavefronts. Each holographic wavefront forms at least one corresponding focal point. The LCOS-SLM forms plasma at interference points of the focal points of the plurality of holographic wavefronts.

A printing device (106) includes a laser source (110) and a LCOS-SLM (Liquid Crystal on Silicon Spatial Light (Modulator, 112). The printing device generates a laser control signal and a LCOS-SLM control signal. The laser source generates a plurality of incident laser beams based on the laser control signal. The LCOS-SLM receives the plurality of incident laser beams, modulates the plurality of incident laser beams based on the LCOS-SLM control signal, and generates a plurality of holographic wavefronts (214, 216). Each holographic wavefront forms at least one focal point. The printing device cures a surface layer of a target material (206) at interference points of focal points of the plurality of holographic wavefronts. The cured surface layer of the target material forms a two-dimensional printed content.

The present disclosure provides a method for calculating a light field distribution in the process of generating a computer-generated hologram, including: performing a three-dimensional modeling to an object for which a hologram is to be generated so as to obtain a three-dimensional model of the object; determining the luminous characteristics of each voxel of the three-dimensional model at various azimuth angles within a viewing angle range of the hologram to be formed; and calculating a light field distribution of the object light wave of each voxel on the holographic plane based on the luminous characteristics of each voxel at various azimuth angles within the viewing angle range of the hologram to be formed. The present disclosure also provides a method and a system for generating a computer-generated hologram.

A printing device (106) includes a dynamic holography printing application configured to generate a laser control signal and a LCOS-SLM (Liquid Crystal on Silicon Spatial Light Modulator) control signal based on a two-dimensional content corresponding to a lithography mask. A laser source (110) generates a plurality of incident laser beams based on the laser control signal. A LCOS-SLM (112) modulates the plurality of incident laser beams based on the LCOS-SLM control signal, generates a plurality of holographic wavefronts (214,216), each holographic wavefront forming at least one corresponding focal point. The LCOS-SLM generates a plurality of distinct focused light field regions (506,508,510) at interference points of focal points of the plurality of holographic wavefronts. The plurality of distinct focused light field regions correspond to the two-dimensional content.

A three-dimensional holographic display device includes a light emitting diode (LED) array including a plurality of light sources controlled to sequentially output light according to a preset pattern, a lens configured to refract light incident from the LED array, a spatial light modulator (SLM) configured to modulate light incident from the lens, and a processor configured to generate a plurality of holographic signals each comprising depth information adjusted according to an arrangement location of each of the plurality of light sources, and for each of the plurality of light sources, control the SLM to modulate the light based on a holographic signal corresponding to the light source.

A method and system for improving the control of a holographic projection system in order to meet, or to attempt to meet, one or more targets or aims for a holographically reconstructed image that is produced by the holographic projection system. The target, or aim, may concern the luminance of part or all of the holographically reconstructed image.

A diffractive optical element, such as a holographic plasma lens, can be made by direction two laser beams so that they overlap in a nonlinear material, to form an interference pattern in the nonlinear material. The interference pattern can modify the index of refraction in the nonlinear material to produce the diffractive optical element. The interference pattern can modify the distribution of plasma for the nonlinear material, which can adjust the index of refraction. A third laser beam can be directed through the diffractive optical element to modify the third laser beam, such as to focus, defocus, or collimate the third laser beam.

A spatial modulator is provided on a plane conjugate to a sample plane on which a sample is to be placed. The spatial modulator spatially modulates illumination light irradiated to the sample 2 or object light that has passed through or that has been reflected by the sample. A dark-field optical system removes the non-scattered light component of the first object light affected by the spatial light modulator so as to generate second object light. An image sensor records a hologram based on the second object light. A calculation processing apparatus combines complex amplitude information based on the modulation pattern supplied to the spatial light modulator and complex amplitude information based on the hologram with respect to the second object light so as to acquire a phase distribution originating from the sample.

An image display apparatus includes at least one light source to emit coherent light, a holographic optical element to diffract the coherent light from the light source to produce image light, an optical mechanism to guide the image light from the holographic optical element, at least one detection unit to detect the intensity of the image light, and an adjustment unit to adjust the power of the light source based on the result of detection by the detection unit. An image based on the image light is observed by a viewer.

An imaging module of a projection device generates a multi-color image such that a first color sub-image with a first wavelength and a second color sub-image with a second wavelength are generated. Deflection efficiency curves for a specified angular range about a specified viewing angle are set such that a first efficiency ratio for the specified angular range is constant. The imaging module is actuated such that when the multi-color image is generated, a first brightness ratio of the brightness of the first color sub-image to the brightness of the second color sub-image is inversely proportional to the a efficiency ratio such that different deflection efficiency curves are compensated for and such that the viewer can perceive the multi-color image as a true-color virtual image at viewing angles from the specified angular range.