A method of forming a conformable filter, comprising the steps of: selecting at least a first wavelength corresponding to a predetermined laser threat; providing a conformable photosensitive film (320) and exposing said film to radiation from a focused laser source (100) of said first wavelength to create a first filter region therein configured to substantially block incident radiation thereon substantially only of said first wavelength while substantially allowing other visible wavelengths to be transmitted; selecting a bandwidth corresponding to a first predetermined wavelength band including said first wavelength and exposing said polymeric film (320) to radiation from one or more further laser sources of respective different wavelengths within said first predetermined wavelength band to create a notch filter region therein, including said first filter region, said notch filter region being configured to substantially block incident radiation thereon at a wavelength within said first predetermined wavelength band whilst substantially allowing visible wavelengths outside of said first predetermined wavelength band to be transmitted therethrough.

A method of forming a conformable filter for a vehicle window, comprising the steps of: selecting at least a first wavelength corresponding to a predetermined laser threat; providing a conformable photosensitive film and exposing said film to radiation from a focused laser source of said first wavelength to create a first filter region therein configured to substantially block incident radiation thereon substantially only of said first wavelength; determining if an essential lighting source outside or inside the vehicle includes said first wavelength and, if so, selecting a bandwidth corresponding to a first predetermined wavelength band including said first wavelength and exposing said polymeric film to radiation from one or more further laser sources of respective different wavelengths within said first predetermined wavelength band to create a notch filter region therein, including said first filter region, said notch filter region being configured to substantially block incident radiation thereon at wavelengths within said first predetermined wavelength band whilst substantially allowing visible wavelengths outside of said first predetermined wavelength band to be transmitted therethrough, and wherein said bandwidth is selected to optimise visibility through said filter of said essential lighting source.

A laser beam (L50) is reflected by a light beam scanning device (60) and irradiated onto a hologram recording medium (45). On the hologram recording medium (45), an image (35) of a linear scatter body is recorded as a hologram by using reference light that converges on a scanning origin (B). The light beam scanning device (60) bends the laser beam (L50) at the scanning origin (B) and irradiates the laser beam onto the hologram recording medium (45). At this time, by changing a bending mode of the laser beam with time, an irradiation position of the bent laser beam (L60) on the hologram recording medium (45) is changed with time. Diffracted light (L45) from the hologram recording medium (45) produces a reproduction image (35) of the linear scatter body on a light receiving surface (R) of the stage 210. When an object is placed on the light receiving surface (R), a line pattern is projected by hologram reproduction light, so that the projected image is captured and a three-dimensional shape of the object is measured.

A first layer of anisotropic material extends along a first plane and includes anisotropic components being parallel to a second plane non-parallel and non-perpendicular to the first plane. The anisotropic components are arranged in cycloidal or helical patterns. The cycloidal or helical patterns define one or more Bragg planes that are non-parallel and non-perpendicular to the first plane and either substantially parallel or substantially perpendicular to the second plane.

An optical device includes a hologram recording member on which a hologram image is recorded, a light source for reproducing the hologram image, a first reflecting surface for projecting the hologram image ahead of the hologram recording member by reflecting a light from the light source into a rear side of the hologram recording member at a predetermined angle, and a second reflecting surface for generating a backlight by reflecting the light from the light source into the rear side of the hologram recording member.

A laser beam (L50) is reflected by a light beam scanning device (60) and irradiated onto a hologram recording medium (45). On the hologram recording medium (45), an image (35) of a linear scatter body is recorded as a hologram by using reference light that converges on a scanning origin (B). The light beam scanning device (60) bends the laser beam (L50) at the scanning origin (B) and irradiates the laser beam onto the hologram recording medium (45). At this time, by changing a bending mode of the laser beam with time, an irradiation position of the bent laser beam (L60) on the hologram recording medium (45) is changed with time. Diffracted light (L45) from the hologram recording medium (45) produces a reproduction image (35) of the linear scatter body on a light receiving surface (R) of the stage 210. When an object is placed on the light receiving surface (R), a line pattern is projected by hologram reproduction light, so that the projected image is captured and a three-dimensional shape of the object is measured.

The present invention relates to a photopolymer composition comprising a photopolymerizable component and a photoinitiator system comprising a chain-substituted cyanine dye. The invention further provides a photopolymer comprising a photopolymer composition according to the invention, a holographic medium comprising a photopolymer according to the invention, the use of a holographic medium according to the invention, and a process for producing a holographic medium by using the photopolymer according to the invention and the exposure of the corresponding holographic medium with the aid of pulsed laser radiation.

An apparatus for manufacturing a hologram includes a holographic optical element on which a first interference pattern of a first signal beam and a first reference beam is recorded and a second interference pattern of a second signal beam modulated by a Fourier lens and a second reference beam is recorded. Also, an apparatus for reconstructing a hologram by using the holographic optical element is provided.

An emitter laser illuminates multiple reflectors each of which produces a unique robust code, with the laser being sequentially moved between illuminating successive reflectors. The reflectors send light to a holographic film, and the laser poses can be associated with the respective codes. Subsequently, an illuminator such as another laser can illuminate the film, and a sensor positioned near the film records what code is produced, so that the code can be correlated to a laser pose with respect to the film and sensor.

Provided is a digital holographic imaging apparatus, comprising: an illumination portion (10) having an illumination light emission surface (32i) for emitting coherent light of a specific wavelength as illumination light toward an object (1) side relative to the illumination light emission surface (32i), and a reference light emission surface (32r) for emitting the coherent light, as reference light, in a direction opposite to the illumination light; and an image sensor (50) located on the reference light emission surface (32r) side of the illumination portion (10) and imaging an interference pattern between object light having been modulated by the object (1) and passed through the illumination portion (10) and the reference light of the illumination light, the image sensor (50) having a pixel array (51) comprising two-dimensionally aligned pixels.