[OPTICAL REVIEW Vol. 8, No. 4 (2001) 249-253]
Design of the Optimum Holographic Optical Element Lens Using the Hologram Computer-Aided Design Tool
Yasuhiro AWATSUJI1,*, Yukio MATSUURA2, Tohru SHIMIZU3 and Toshihiro KUBOTA2
1Division of Information and Production Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, 2Department of Electronics and Information Science, Faculty of Engineering and Design, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8585 Japan, 3Department 33 (Photonic Measurement), System Design 4, System Division, Hamamatsu Photonics. K.K., 812 Joko-cho, Hamamatsu-city, Shizuoka, 431-3196 Japan
(Received February 5, 2001; Accepted April 26, 2001)
A hologram CAD (computer-aided design) tool capable of designing holographic optical element (HOE) is described. We have been developing this tool which is specialized for holograms. An optimum HOE lens with high diffraction efficiency and diffraction limited imaging characteristics is designed with the tool by applying a computer generated hologram (CGH) which generates an aspherical wave. The imaging characteristics of the HOE lens are experimentally verified and desirable results are obtained.
Key words : optical design, hologram, computer-aided design, holographic optical elements, computer generated hologram