568 Appendix 4
The matrix coefcients a
ij
need only be calculated for each ray one time, as they are identical (for a par-
ticular ray) for all hogels. Application of the transformation (Equation A4.32) to all the SLM brightness
data will effectively rebalance the chromatic equation and ensure that each ray from each hogel has the
correct tristimulus values.
The above analysis assumes that the hologram is rather thick and that the colour-matching functions
of the CIE Standard Colorimetric Observer are only sampled at one exact wavelength. In the case that
the hologram is thinner, we can calculate, the exact form of the spectral function for each ray using
the results of the PSM theory presented in Chapter 12. In addition, one can include the spectral power
distribution of the illumination source. In this case, each of the matrix elements in Equation A4.32 are
transformed in a similar fashion to
xF
c
() () (, ,,)()λληλθψϕλλ
GG
→
(A4.33)
Here, F(λ) is the spectral power distribution of the illumination source and η
G
is the diffractive efciency
in the green channel as given, for example, by Equation 12.90, with the coefcients in Equation 12.101,
in the case of illumination by σ-polarised light.
A4.6 Other Corrections
We have considered here only the case of a simple change in emulsion thickness with different refractive
indices on recording and processing. This is really the simplest case and serves to illustrate in the most
simple and straightforward manner how geometric and chromatic predistortion works. In practice, how-
ever, rather more complicated scenarios arise. In particular, often one wants to write a hologram with
a collimated reference beam and then replay it with a spot lamp at a certain distance. The mathematics
used above can be generalised rather easily to this situation—all that needs to be done is for the vector
k
c
in Equation A4.15 to be written in Cartesian form, thus describing a point source at the desired dis-
tance—this simply changes b
x
and b
y
and introduces a new b
z
parameter in Equation A4.18. Note, how-
ever, that both the geometric and chromatic predistortions are now different for all rays and all hogels.
It should also be underlined that predistortion has its limits. If too great a change in emulsion thick-
ness or index occurs or if too great a disparity in the illumination/recording geometry exists, then it may
just not be possible to compensate for the induced aberrations. We should also state that it is possible to
compensate for slightly larger chromatic aberration if one relaxes somewhat the condition of an axially
propagating image ray bundle. In this case one trades chromatic correction for geometric correction.
However this scheme can very quickly reduce the vertical eld of view.
REFERENCE
1. E. J. Giorgianni and T. E. Madden, Digital Colour Management—Encoding Solutions, Addison-Wesley,
Reading, MA (1998).