A method for forming a volume hologram film having security elements which are formed as a transfer section of the volume hologram film is described, wherein the volume hologram film has n volume hologram layers arranged one over another. The production of the volume hologram film is carried out in a roll-to-roll method with the following method steps: a) providing a carrier film from a supply roll; b) applying an i-th photopolymer layer to the carrier film; c) forming an i-th volume hologram in the photopolymer layer; d) forming an i-th volume hologram layer by curing the i-th photopolymer layer; e) repeating process steps b) to e) n1 times; f) applying an adhesive layer to the background layer; g) winding the volume hologram film onto a take-up roll.

A method for manufacturing a security element includes forming a first layer from a transparent material, forming a first holographic surface structure on the first layer, metallizing the first layer to form a first metal layer, forming a second layer from a radiation-sensitive polymer, forming a second holographic surface structure on the second layer, metallizing the second layer to form the second metal layer, forming a pattern of a coating on the second metal layer in which the pattern includes regions covered by the coating and regions uncovered by the coating, removal of the metal in regions of the second metal layer which are uncovered by the coating through de-metallization, exposing the de-metallized regions of the second layer to light or radiation, and removal of the metal in regions of the first metal layer that are not covered by the second layer, through de-metallization.

Systems, devices, and methods for holographic optical elements are described. A holographic optical element includes a first layer of holographic material and a second layer of holographic material. The first layer of holographic material includes a first hologram responsive to light in a first waveband and a second hologram responsive to light in a second waveband. The second layer of holographic material includes a third hologram responsive to light in a third waveband and may include a fourth hologram responsive to light in a fourth waveband. The first, second, third, and fourth wavebands are distinct and may comprise light of red, blue, green, and infrared wavelengths, respectively. Distribution of the three or four holograms on two layers of holographic material allows each hologram to have an index modulation of greater than 0.016, a diffraction efficiency of greater than 15%, and an angular bandwidth of greater than 12.

A method for decreasing scatter or crosstalk in holographic elements recorded in self-developing media, comprising exposing a photopolymer recording media to a holographic pattern at a first temperature of said photopolymer recording media, wherein monomer diffusion is substantially reduced at said first temperature, and warming said photopolymer recording media to a second temperature wherein monomer diffusion is enabled.

A main object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing a volume hologram laminate which can regenerate a hologram image in an arbitrary wavelength by a simple process. To attain the object, the present invention provides a method of producing a volume hologram laminate using a volume hologram forming substrate which comprises: a substrate, a volume hologram layer formed on the substrate and containing a photopolymerizable material, a resin layer, formed on the substrate so as to contact to the volume hologram layer, containing a resin and a polymerizable compound, characterized in that the producing method comprises processes of: a hologram recording process to record a volume hologram to the volume hologram layer, a substance transit process of transiting the polymerizable compound to the volume hologram layer, and an after-treatment process of polymerizing the polymerizable compound.

A method for replicating a holographic optical element and a holographic optical element replicated thereby are provided. The holographic optical element is larger than a master. The master has a holographic grating pattern generated on the master by interference of the reflected, diffracted or transmitted beam generated by irradiating the master having a specific diffraction grating pattern formed thereon with a laser beam.

Systems, devices, and methods for controlled hologram playback shifting are described. The playback of a hologram may be shifted to a longer wavelength by diffusing donor material into the hologram in a controlled manner. A hologram may include a set of fringes, holographic recording medium and donor material. An apparatus to controllable shift playback angle of a hologram can include a hologram film holder, donor film holder, one or more light sources, light sensor, and curing lamp. A method may include monitoring playback light until an amount of playback shift occurs, and in response fixing a piece of hologram film and physically de-coupling a donor film therefrom.

A color image display device comprising arrays of structural color pixels, where said structural color pixels may be formed on a single substrate layer or multiple substrate layers and are patterned by selective material deposition to display a color image in accordance with input color images or patterns. The structural color pixels comprise a plurality of microstructures and/or nanostructures, including without limitation, diffraction gratings, sub-wavelength structures, to display colors in red, green, blue in RGB color space or cyan, magenta, yellow in CMY color space. Examples include methods of activating and/or deactivating structural pixels using selective material deposition onto at least one layer of the color display device to form a color image. Further examples include product labels, authentication devices and security documents carrying customized or personalized information and methods for their manufacture.

An illumination unit emits an illumination light to a specimen. An image sensor includes multiple pixels arranged in a two-dimensional manner. The image sensor captures an image of the intensity distribution of an interference pattern formed due to the illumination light that has interacted with the specimen, and outputs image data. A defect information acquisition unit acquires defect position information that indicates the positions of defective pixels of the image sensor. A processing unit reconstructs a subject image that represents the specimen based on the image data and the defect position information.

The invention optical device comprising a self-processing photopolymer material configured to produce a variable two- or three- dimensional diffraction pattern when said material is illuminated by a light source. The invention provides a new material science and process technology which produces a serialisable anti-counterfeit optical device, based on a self-processing photopolymer.