Abstract
Space-invariant, multilevel, diffractive phase elements are designed for large-scale pattern-formation tasks. The importance of the design algorithm and the phase-encoding geometry of the diffractive element is discussed with regard to the performance of both on- and off-axis reconstruction, notably for pixelated gratings. A new phase-encoding scheme is presented that results in an increase of the diffraction efficiency for the off-axis case. © 1997 Optical Society of America.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 9132-9137 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Applied Optics |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 35 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1997 |