Abstract: A method of generating a computer-generated hologram from a three-dimensional image comprising a plurality of two-dimensional image layers is provided. The method comprises generating hologram data for each layer of the image, and updating the hologram data of at least one layer of the image based on the hologram data of the other layers of the image.

Abstract: A holographic display system comprises a light source configured to emit at least partially coherent light; a modulator arranged to be illuminated by the at least partially coherent light and to generate a light field which is a quantised representation of a target light field, H; and a spatial filter delimiting an aperture in a Fourier plane. A Fourier transform of the target light field, F(H), substantially does not overlap (i) a Fourier transform of a complex conjugate of the target light field, F(H*), (ii) a Fourier transform of the target light field multiplied by the complex conjugate of the target light field, F(HH*), (iii) a Fourier transform of a square of the target light field, F(H2), and (iv) a Fourier transform of a square of the complex conjugate of the light field F(H*2). The aperture substantially corresponds to F(H) in the Fourier plane.