Jennifer M Barton

US Patent:

20120307326, Dec 6, 2012

Filed:

Oct 8, 2010

Appl. No.:

13/500467

Inventors:

George Barbastathis - Boston MA, US
Yuan Luo - Taipei, CN
Raymond K. Kostuk - Tucson AZ, US
Jennifer K. Barton - Tucson AZ, US

Assignee:

The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona - Tucson AZ
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

G02B 5/32

US Classification:

359 15

Abstract:

A volume holographic imaging system, apparatus, and/or method enables the projection of a two-dimensional (2D) slice of a four-dimensional (4D) probing object A 4D probing source object is illuminated to emit or scatter an optical field A holographic element having one or more recorded holograms receives and diffracts the optical field into a diffracted plane beam having spectral information A 4-ftelecentπc relay system includes a pupil filter on the relayed conjugate plane of the volume hologram and images the pupil of the volume hologram onto the front focal plane of the collector lens A collector lens focuses the diffracted plane beam to a 2D slice of the 4D probing source object The focused 2D slice is projected onto a 2D imaging plane The holographic element may have multiple multiplexed holograms that are arranged to diffract light from the corresponding slice of the 4D probing source object.