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    Area of Science:

    • Optics and Photonics
    • Holography
    • Information Optics

    Background:

    • Random phase diffusers are crucial for encoding reference beams in multiplex holography.
    • Characterization of these diffusers relies on autocorrelation and cross-correlation properties.
    • Investigating diffuser performance under different illumination conditions (plane vs. spherical waves) is essential.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To evaluate the performance of multilevel (n-level) phase diffusers and ground-glass diffuser models.
    • To compare the efficacy of balanced phase diffusers against other models.
    • To determine if binary phase diffusers can match the performance of multilevel or ground-glass diffusers.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized multilevel (n-level) phase diffusers and ground-glass diffuser models based on spatial random telegraph waves.
    • Investigated diffuser performance under both plane wave and spherical wave illumination.
    • Evaluated two signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) measures for multiplex holography applications.

    Main Results:

    • Demonstrated the advantages of using balanced phase diffusers.
    • Showed that binary phase diffusers can achieve performance comparable to multilevel (n > 2) diffusers.
    • Indicated that binary phase diffusers can perform as well as ground-glass diffusers if spatial fineness is similar.

    Conclusions:

    • Binary phase diffusers offer a potentially simpler and equally effective alternative to multilevel diffusers in multiplex holography.
    • The performance of diffusers is highly dependent on their spatial fineness and the illumination type.
    • Balanced phase diffusers present advantages for multiplex holography systems.