Planar Fourier optics for slab waveguides, surface plasmon polaritons, and 2D materials.

Recent experimental work has demonstrated the potential of combining the merits of diffractive and on-chip photonic information processing devices in a single chip by making use of planar (or slab) waveguides. Here, arguments are developed to show that diffraction formulas familiar from 3D Fourier optics can be adapted to 2D under certain mild conditions on the operating speeds of the devices in question. In addition to serving those working in on-chip photonics, this Letter provides analytical tools for the study of surface plasmon polaritons, surface waves, and the optical, acoustic, and crystallographic properties of 2D materials.

Perceptually motivated loss functions for computer generated holographic displays.

Understanding and improving the perceived quality of reconstructed images is key to developing computer-generated holography algorithms for high-fidelity holographic displays. However, current algorithms are typically optimized using mean squared error, which is widely criticized for its poor correlation with perceptual quality. In our work, we present a comprehensive analysis of employing contemporary image quality metrics (IQM) as loss functions in the hologram optimization process. Extensive objective and subjective assessment of experimentally reconstructed images reveal the relative performance of IQM losses for hologram optimization. Our results reveal that the perceived image quality improves considerably when the appropriate IQM loss function is used, highlighting the value of developing perceptually-motivated loss functions for hologram optimization.

Computer-generated holography in the intermediate domain.

Iterative Fourier transform algorithms are widely used for hologram generation for phase-modulating spatial light modulators. In this paper, we introduce a new technique called the "intermediate domain," which decomposes the Fourier transforms used into multiple subtransforms, the combination of which can offer major performance benefits over traditional approaches. To demonstrate this, we introduce ID-GS, an implementation of the intermediate domain technique for possibly the best known hologram generation algorithm, Gerchberg-Saxton. We discuss the performance of this across a wide range of configurations with a focus on computational performance.