Abstract
This paper presents what is to the author’s knowledge a new theory for phase-only holograms. It explains many phenomena observed in the reconstruction of phase-only Fourier holograms and in particular the existence and nature of noise. Using this theory it was demonstrated that any reconstruction is the convolution of the target reconstruction with a two-dimensional set of impulses. The nature of this convolution function depends on the target reconstruction and in particular the spacing between the spots. In the simplest case of a two-spot generating hologram the convolution function was calculated analytically. The theory is also verified with examples from spot generating holograms, symbology, and image projection holograms.
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