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    Area of Science:

    • Optics and Photonics
    • Image Processing
    • Holography

    Background:

    • Traditional color recording methods often involve multiple steps or complex substrates.
    • Efficient and high-fidelity color image reconstruction remains a challenge in optical systems.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a single-exposure method for encoding full-color information onto a colorless substrate.
    • To demonstrate a practical system for reconstructing color images from the encoded data.
    • To analyze the efficiency and performance of the proposed color encoding and decoding technique.

    Main Methods:

    • Color information is encoded by modulating spatial frequency carriers with different color separations.
    • A single exposure using a color-encoding filter is employed for data recording.
    • Color image reconstruction is achieved using a point source projector and a color decoding mask.

    Main Results:

    • The light output during reconstruction is proportional to the number of lines in the encoding filter.
    • The efficiency of the encoded phase transparency was evaluated.
    • A functional decoding method for the color information was successfully demonstrated.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed method enables efficient, single-exposure color recording on colorless substrates.
    • The spatial frequency modulation technique provides a viable approach for optical color image reconstruction.
    • The system's performance is directly related to the encoding filter's design, offering a pathway for optimization.