System and method for holography-based fabrication

A method comprising:

• using a light source to illuminate a hologram on which an image of an original object is recorded;
• in response to illumination of the hologram, projecting a holographic image of the original object into a reservoir containing a photosensitive material;
• and
• in response to projection of the holographic image into the reservoir, forming a new object from the photosensitive material.

A method comprising:

• dividing a first beam of light into a first object beam and a first reference beam;
• illuminating an original object with the first object beam;
• illuminating a first holographic recording medium with the first reference beam;
• reflecting a portion of the first object beam off of the original object and onto the first holographic recording medium such that, at the first holographic recording medium, the first object beam and the first reference beam cooperate to define an interference pattern that records a first hologram in the first holographic recording medium;
• after recording the first hologram, illuminating a selection from the group consisting of the first hologram and a second hologram recorded in response to projection of a first holographic image from the hologram on a second holographic recording medium;
• in response to illumination of the selection, projecting a final holographic image of the original object into a reservoir containing a photosensitive material;
• and
• in response to projection of the final holographic image into the reservoir, forming a new object from the photosensitive material.

An apparatus formed through use of a method comprising:

• using a light source to illuminate a hologram on which an image of an original object is recorded;
• in response to illumination of the hologram, projecting a holographic image of the original object into a reservoir containing a photosensitive material;
• and
• in response to projection of the holographic image into the reservoir, forming a new object from the photosensitive material.