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High-fidelity phase and amplitude control of phase-only computer generated holograms using conjugate gradient minimisation

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Abstract

We demonstrate simultaneous control of both the phase and amplitude of light using a conjugate gradient minimisation-based hologram calculation technique and a single phase-only spatial light modulator (SLM). A cost function, which incorporates the inner product of the light field with a chosen target field within a defined measure region, is efficiently minimised to create high fidelity patterns in the Fourier plane of the SLM. A fidelity of F = 0.999997 is achieved for a pattern resembling an LG01 mode with a calculated light-usage efficiency of 41.5%. Possible applications of our method in optical trapping and ultracold atoms are presented and we show uncorrected experimental realisation of our patterns with F = 0.97 and 7.8% light efficiency.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11692-11700
Number of pages9
JournalOptics Express
Volume25
Issue number10
Early online date10 May 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 May 2017

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