Figure 3
Effect of the corrective phase plate (PP). Flat-field corrected hologram of a gold mesh with 6 µm period and thickness of 37 µm. (Left) Hologram without PP. Strong distortions are visible, in particular in the center of the aperture. The dashed lines are provided as visual guides. (Right) Hologram with the PP inserted and aligned. The inset shows a zoom of the central region, indicating a significant improvement in contrast and edge steepness when the PP is used. |