Abstract: The invention is concerned with a hologram alignment mark which is in good alignment with an alignment mark on a hologram plate, and is fabricated by a hologram replication process, and a method for fabricating the same. An alignment mark 22 is provided on the same substrate as provided with a hologram 21, and comprises a reflection hologram having a predetermined outside shape. The reflection hologram comprises interference fringes arranged parallel with one another on a hologram layer surface.

Abstract: The invention provides a diffusing plate with the angle of diffusion controllable within a desired range by use of a hologram, which is capable of presenting bright displays so that it is applicable to, for instance, a backlighting diffusing plate for liquid crystal display device. A diffusing plate 2 having an angle of diffusion &thgr; is brought into close contact with a hologram photosensitive material 1. Then, parallel light 3 is obliquely at an angle of incidence &agr; on the photosensitive material 1 while parallel light 4 is vertically incident on the diffusing plate 2. Thereupon, parallel light 4 is converted into diffused light 5 having an angle of diffraction &thgr; upon passing through the diffusing plate 2. Diffused light 5 interferes with obliquely incident parallel light 3 from the opposite direction in photosensitive material 1 to produce interference fringes, thereby forming a reflection type hologram.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process capable of fabricating a variety of transmission holograms having a simple structure, a wide visible range and a large area and comprising the first stage of recording the wavefront to be finally reconstructed in the form of the first hologram that is a reflection hologram with a wide visible range, the second stage of using the first hologram to record the second hologram that is a combined reflection and transmission hologram, and the third stage of recording in the third hologram photosensitive material only a transmission hologram for reconstructing only the wavefront recorded in the second hologram and desired to be reconstructed.

Abstract: A full-color hologram capable of generating a bright image and reproducing colors in all color regions is formed by multiple recording or multilayer recording with four different dominant wavelengths for reconstruction. The full-color hologram has one reconstruction wavelength in the vicinity of the peak wavelength 555 nm of the spectral luminous efficiency curve, i.e. in the range of 550 nm to 560 nm, and further has three other reconstruction wavelengths in the three primary color regions of red, blue and green, i.e. in the three regions of 615 nm to 680 nm, 380 nm to 470 nm, and 485 nm to 515 nm, respectively.