ABSTRACT
Diffraction from volume reflection gratings written in bulk photorefractive lithium niobate is modeled for the case of longitudinally varying index modulation depths. Numerical solutions to the Helmholtz equation are found in the spatial frequency domain, leading to transfer functions for the volume reflection grating. These transfer functions are then used to show the spatial frequency filtering effect of the volume reflection grating on input light fields containing 2D spatial information. It is shown, first through simulations and then by experiment, that the 0th order transmitted beam undergoes a 2D edge enhancement.
ABSTRACT
We first review transport of intensity and phase and show their use as a convenient tool to directly determine the unwrapped phase of an imaged object, either through conventional imaging or using digital holography. For both cases, either the traditional transport of intensity and phase, or with a modification, viz., electrically controllable transport of intensity and phase, can be used. The use of digital holography with transport of intensity for 3D topographic mapping of fingermarks coated with columnar thin films is shown as an illustrative application of this versatile technique.
