Patent ID: 7684097

Claim:
A recording apparatus performing at least recording with respect to a hologram recording medium, comprising: a light emitting means for emitting light to be radiated with respect to the hologram recording medium set at a prescribed position; a spatial light modulation means configured to generate reference light and signal light to be radiated to the hologram recording medium by performing light intensity modulation to incident light in the unit of pixels; a phase modulation means for performing phase modulation to radiated light from the spatial light modulation means, the phase modulation means including an optical element having a first phase mask pattern and a second phase mask pattern, the first phase mask pattern giving a discrete phase structure to the reference light is formed at a reference light area of the optical element to which the reference light from the spatial light modulation means is incident, and the second phase mask pattern giving a continuous phase structure to the signal light is formed at a signal light area of the optical element to which the signal light is incident; and an optical system configured to guide light emitted from the light emitting means with respect to the hologram recording medium through the spatial modulation means and the phase modulation means.