The invention relates to a method for producing a holographic optical element by providing a recording stack comprising at least one recording element laminated on at least one supporting element, irradiating at least a part of the recording stack with at least one recording beam in an irradiating step, wherein during the irradiating step, the recording stack bends, providing a bending deviation threshold for the recording stack, and adjusting at least one first process parameter such that an expected maximum bending deviation of the recording stack does not exceed the bending deviation threshold, wherein the at least one first process parameter influences the bending behavior of the recording stack during the irradiating step.

A backlight device, a holographic display that includes the backlight device, and a method of manufacturing a holographic optical element are provided. The backlight device includes a light guide plate configured to guide light emitted by a light source, a first holographic optical element configured to expand light that has propagated through the light guide plate and that has a multi-layered structure, and a second holographic optical element configured to concentrate light reflected by the first holographic optical element.

Hybrid white-light viewable holograms and methods for making them. The holograms are hybrid reflection holograms made using the diffractive structures or gratings of a holographic object such as a transmission hologram or holographic optical element (HOE). The wavefronts of the diffractive structures are converted into a reflection hologram by scanning them with a coherent light source having a profiled narrow beam. The hybrid reflection hologram can exhibit display parameters including the multiple colors, solidity, and color stability of white light reflection holograms, the diffractive color shifting of a white light transmission hologram, three dimensional imaging and a wide variety of dynamic changes. Different areas or images with each of these effects can be combined in a single hologram. These hybrid reflection holograms are ideal for security and forgery prevention applications.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for holographic recording based on holographic printing technology, and more specifically, to a method and apparatus for holographic recording, in which the hologram is recorded after the deviation in diffraction efficiency for each hogel is pre-compensated for by varying the intensity (luminance) of the object beam for each hogel during the hologram recording in response to a deviation in diffraction efficiency (reconstruction efficiency) for each hogel of a holographic recording surface that occurs when the hologram is reproduced. Accordingly, the reproduction imbalance of a near-eye display (NED) using a holographic optical element (HOE) is resolved by controlling the diffraction efficiency uniform on the entire holographic recording surface when the hologram is reproduced.