Lighting effects rendering in three-dimensional computer-generated holographic display

We present a technique for generating three-dimensional (3-D) computer-generated holograms (CGHs) with realistic lighting effects based on a phase-only spatial light modulator (SLM). Phong reflection model is employed in the calculation of reflectance distribution for CGH synthesizing. Directional point-based algorithm produces realistic lighting effects of the 3-D scenes in processing the ambient, diffuse and specular reflections. A phase-only SLM is used to perform the optical experiments, and the results show that the proposed technique can perform quality reconstructions of the 3-D scenes with high optical efficiency and efficient utilization of the system space-bandwidth product.