1. A three-dimensional display system comprising: an image chamber constructed of a material having photo-refractive properties; a single frequency laser module configured to produce a beam, a beam splitter configured to receive the beam and split the beam into an addressing beam and a data beam, an addressing system configured to receive the addressing beam and project a sequence of first directed optical energy into the image chamber based on the addressing beam and at predetermined locations within the image chamber, an image writing system configured to receive the data beam and project a sequence of second directed optical energy into the image chamber to intersect the first directed optical energy at selected points to form a series of diffusion screens within the image chamber; at least one illumination system configured to selectively project visible light in at least a portion of a sequence of 2D cross-sectional images of a three-dimensional image onto the diffusion screens to create the three-dimensional image; and a control system synchronizing and controlling the addressing system, the image writing system, and the at least one illumination system to create the series of diffusion screens, project visible light onto particular ones of the diffusions screens and to erase a first diffusion screen of the series of diffusion screens prior to creating a second diffusion screen of the series of diffusion screens.