Hologram recording device and hologram recording method

摘要

A hologram recorder records a hologram in a hologram recording medium by interference of a recording beam irradiated at a predetermined incident angle to the medium via a spatial light modulator incliningly in a predetermined direction with a reference beam irradiated incliningly in an opposite direction to the recording beam so that the beams crosses at a predetermined crossing angle. The recorder includes a beam modulator for converting a Gaussian-beam having a Gaussian-distribution of intensity into a parallel beam having an intensity distribution tending to be uniform and allowing the parallel beam to travel to the spatial modulator as the recording beam. The Gaussian-beam has a center axis decentered from an optical axis of the beam modulator in a decentering direction including a directional component of the predetermined direction in which the recording beam is inclined or an opposite directional component thereto.