Holography for the New Millenium

Jacques Ludman, H. John Caulfield, Juanita Riccobono

320 pages, parution le 06/11/2002

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Résumé

A half century after its invention, and after several waves of optimism and pessimism, holography is now poised to achieve widespread application. Holograms are now being used as tools in many industries, from heads-up displays in aircraft to directing interconnections in massively parallel computing. Acoustic holograms can provide three-dimensional images of internal organs without surgery or dangerous radiation, and holography forms the basis of several other forms of nondestructive testing.
This book provides both a review of the development of the field and of the applications likely to be important in the 21st century. It begins with a review by Dennis Leith, one of the inventors of holography - or re-inventors, after Denis Gabor's original work in 1947. Two chapters discuss the frontiers of holographic imaging, including color holograms and stereographic movies. Several subsequent chapters describe novel methods of forming and viewing holographic images, including the use of low-coherence sources or even computers to generate the holograms. The book concludes with a sampling of new applications of holography, including its uses in improving the efficiency of solar cells, in nondestructive testing, in improving the coherence properties of light, in data storage, and in investigations of fundamental physics.

Contents

I. Overview: Where Holography is Going
II. Display Holography:
1. Color Holograms.
2. Real-Time Autostereographic Three-Dimensional Displays
III. Special Modalities and Methods:
1. Edge-Lit Holograms.
2. Subwavelength Diffractive Optical Elements.
3. Coherence Gated Holograms.
4. Sculpturing of Three-Dimensional Light Fields by Iterative Optimization
IV. Applications:
1. Solar Holography.
2. Holographic Optical Memories.
3. Holography and Speckle Techniques Applied to Nondestructive Measurement and Testing.
4. Diffuser Display Screen.
5. Holographic Nonspatial Filtering for Laser Beams.
6. Particle Holograms.
7. Holographic Antireflection Coatings
V. Physics and Holography:
1. Holography and Relativity.
2. Quantum Holograms.

L'auteur - Jacques Ludman

Northeast Photosciences, Hollis, NH

L'auteur - H. John Caulfield

H. John Caulfield, Northeast Photosciences, Hollis, NH

L'auteur - Juanita Riccobono

Juanita Riccobono, Optical Switch Corporation, Bedford, MA

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	Jacques Ludman, H. John Caulfield, Juanita Riccobono
Parution	06/11/2002
Nb. de pages	320
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Broché
Poids	640g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780387953342