title: Effects of aliasing on the fidelity of a two dimensional array of foci generated with a kinoform.
abstract: This paper investigates, through simulation and experiment, the behavior of two dimensional foci arrays generated via phase-only holography where an iterative algorithm was used to produce the kinoforms. Specifically, we studied how aliasing of the signal on a spatial light modulator affects the quality of the foci array as the density and size of the array are varied. This study provides a reference for applications where it is important to understand how the fidelity and overall quality of the foci array changes as the number of foci increases and as the spacing between foci decreases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-170, USA.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Burnham
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Chiu
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D006696:Holography / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055620:Optical Phenomena