Apparatus and method for fabricating hologram

• US 7,154,648 B2
• Filed: 04/13/2005
• Issued: 12/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: BenQ Corporation (Qisda Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BenQ Corporation (Qisda Corporation)
• Inventors: Hsu, Chien-Chiang
• Primary Examiner(s): Assaf, Fayez G.
• Application Number:
  US11/104,932
• Publication Number:
  US 20050225818A1
• Time in Patent Office: 622 Days
• Field of Search: 359/35, 359/30, 359/31, 359/900, 430/1, 430/2, 355/54
• US Class Current: 359/35
• CPC Class Codes: G03H 1/30 discrete holograms only
• CPC Class Codes: G03H 2001/0482 Interference based printer
• CPC Class Codes: G03H 2001/0497 Dot matrix holograms
• CPC Class Codes: G03H 2225/22 Electrically addressed SLM [EA-SLM]
• CPC Class Codes: G03H 2225/24 Having movable pixels, e.g. microelectromechanical systems [MEMS]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 359/90 Methods

Abstract

A hologram fabricating apparatus includes a coherent light generator, two micro-display devices and a telecentric system. The coherent light generator provides a first coherent light and a second coherent light. Each micro-display device has a plurality of pixel elements laid thereon. The first coherent light and the second coherent light project respectively to the two micro-display devices. The telecentric system is located between the micro-display devices and a photoresist sheet to converge the projecting light on the photoresist sheet to generate interference stripes. Each pixel element may be adjusted independently to determine whether the first coherent light and the second coherent light projected to the pixel element to be projected to the telecentric system.

Claims

1. A hologram fabricating apparatus for fabricating interference stripes on a photoresist sheet to produce a hologram, comprising:

a coherent light generator to provide a first coherent light and a second coherent light;

two micro-display devices having respectively a plurality of pixel elements laid thereon, and the first coherent light and the second coherent light projecting to the two micro-display devices, respectively; and

a telecentric system located between the micro-display devices and the photoresist sheet to converge the projecting coherent light on the photoresist sheet and generate the interference stripes;

wherein the pixel elements are adjustable individually to determine whether the first coherent light and the second coherent light projected to the pixel elements to be entered the telecentric system.

2. The hologram fabricating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the micro-display is a micromirror, the tilting angle of the micromirror being adjustable to determine whether the first coherent light and the second coherent light projected to the pixel element to be entered the telecentric system.

3. The hologram fabricating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the micro-display contains a LCD layer, the light transmission of the LCD layer being adjustable to determine whether the first coherent light and the second coherent light projected to the pixel element to be entered the telecentric system.

4. The hologram fabricating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the coherent light generator includes a coherent light source and a light splitting unit, the coherent light source generating light which projects to the light splitting unit to be divided into the first coherent light and the second coherent light.

5. The hologram fabricating apparatus of claim 4, wherein the light splitting unit includes a light splitter and a mirror, the light generated by the coherent light source having a portion reflected by light splitter to form the first coherent light, and another portion transmitting the light splitter and reflected by the mirror to form the second coherent light, and the first coherent light being substantially parallel with the second coherent light.

6. The hologram fabricating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the telecentric system includes two front stage lenses, portions of the first coherent light and the second coherent light entered the telecentric system projecting to the two front stage lenses, respectively, and focusing on a same focus plane.

7. The hologram fabricating apparatus of claim 6, wherein the telecentric system further includes a rear stage lens located between the focus plane and the photoresist sheet to transform the portion of the first coherent light and the second coherent light focusing on the focus plane to parallel light and re-converge on the photoresist sheet to generate the interference stripes.

8. The hologram fabricating apparatus of claim 1 further including two spatial filters located between the coherent light generator and the two micro-display devices to evenly project the first coherent light and the second coherent light to the two micro-display devices.

9. The hologram fabricating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the two micro-display devices are symmetrical to the direction of a central axis of the telecentric system.

10. A method for fabricating hologram by producing interference stripes on a photoresist sheet through a hologram fabricating apparatus, the hologram fabricating apparatus including two micro-display devices and a telecentric system, each of the micro-display devices having a plurality of pixel elements laid thereon to control exposing position of the photoresist sheet, the telecentric system being located between the two micro-display devices and the photoresist sheet to converge light to generate the interference stripes, the method comprising the steps of:

grouping pixels to be formed on the photoresist sheet according to the direction and interval of the interference stripes to be fabricated;

adjusting the pixel elements on the two micro-display devices with respect to the pixels of the same group simultaneously based on the grouping result;

adjusting the interval of the two micro-display devices and the rotational angle relative to the photoresist sheet to determine the direction and interval of the interference stripes; and

providing two coherent lights to project respectively to the two micro-display devices, and recording the pixels of the same group on the photoresist sheet at one exposing process.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein, whether the coherent light projected to the pixel elements also projects to the telecentric system is determined by means of reflection.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein, whether the coherent light projected to the pixel elements also projects to the telecentric system is determined by adjusting the light transmission of the pixel elements.