Device for the elimination of the zero order beam emerging from a hologram illuminated in polarized light
US6256122A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 20, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 3, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 20, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03H1/22
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Device for elimination of the zero order beam emerging from holograms illuminated in polarized light includes a birefringent plate (5) illuminated by both said zero order beam (3) and by a diffracted beam (4) emerging from the hologram (2). The plate is arranged and sized such that one of the beams (3, 4) emerges from the plate with its plane of polarization not appreciably rotated and such that the other of said beams emerges with its plane of polarization rotated by 90.degree.. The device further includes a polarizer (9) illuminated by the beams (3', 4') emergent from the birefringent plate (5), the polarizer having its plane of maximum transmittance parallel to the plane of polarization of the diffracted beam emerging from the birefringent plate as beam (4'). The device finds industrial applicability in the optical systems of video image projectors employing active matrix liquid crystal cells.
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