Synthesis of three-dimensional light fields and applications

Author

Piestun, Rafael ; Shamir, Joseph

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA

Volume

90

Issue

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

222

Lastpage

244

Abstract

The possibility of synthesizing light fields satisfying given requirements within a three-dimensional (3-D) space domain was proposed and demonstrated during recent years. In this paper we present fundamental physical properties characterizing 3-D fields and propose analytical and numerical procedures to synthesize them. These methods solve the proper wave equation under 3-D constraints. Since the manipulation of light is a basic task, this is an effective approach to deal with classical as well as novel problems in optics and photonics technologies. We discuss exciting new potential areas of application and extensions of this concept

Keywords

diffractive optical elements; micro-optics; optical images; optical transfer function; photonic band gap; physical optics; wave equations; analytical procedures; computer holography; diffraction theory; diffractive optics; fenitosecond phenomena; fundamental physical properties; light manipulation; light sculpturing; micro-optics; microstructure devices; numerical procedures; optical propagation; optical transfer functions; photonics technologies; proper wave equation; pulse shaping; three-dimensional light field synthesis; three-dimensional space domain; Biomedical optical imaging; Holographic optical components; Holography; Optical diffraction; Optical filters; Optical pulse shaping; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Space technology; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.989871

Filename

989871