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Introduction: Why Holographic Imaging? | |
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About this Volume1 | |
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The Window View Upon Reality | |
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Holograms and Perception | |
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Provoking Spatial Perceptions | |
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Optical Information | |
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Light as Waves and Rays | |
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Capturing the Directions of Rays | |
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Classical Optical Techniques | |
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Holographic Direction Recording | |
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Origins of Holography | |
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Application Areas | |
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Styles of Analysis | |
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Light as Waves | |
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Light | |
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Wave Shapes | |
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Light as Repetitive Waves | |
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Light as Sinusoidal Waves | |
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Coherence in Waves | |
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E&M Nature of the Waves | |
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Intensity (Irradiance) | |
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Conclusions | |
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Waves and Phases | |
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Introduction | |
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Wave Phase | |
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Radius of Curvature | |
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The Local Inclination and Divergence of a Complex Wave | |
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Conclusions | |
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Two-Beam Interference | |
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Introduction | |
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Quantitative Discussion of Interference Contrast | |
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The Geometry of Interference Fringes | |
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Simple Interference Patterns | |
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Conclusions | |
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Diffraction | |
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Introduction | |
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Diffraction by Periodic Structures | |
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Single-Slit Diffraction | |
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The Use of Lenses47 | |
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Viewing Diffraction Patterns With the Eye | |
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Styles of Diffraction Analysis | |
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The Grating Equation | |
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Spatial Frequency | |
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Grating Example | |
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Off-Axis Grating Equation | |
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Diffraction by a Sinusoidal Grating | |
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Conclusions | |
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The Diffraction Efficiency of Gratings | |
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Introduction | |
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Definition of Diffraction Efficiency | |
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Transmission Patterns | |
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Thick Gratings | |
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'Platonic' Holography | |
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Introduction | |
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The Object Beam | |
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The Reference Beam | |
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The Interference Pattern | |
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The Holographic Recording Material | |
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The Holographic Transmittance Pattern | |
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The Illuminating Beam | |
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A Proof of Holography | |
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The Other Reconstructed Components | |
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Arbitrary Wavefronts | |
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Diffraction Efficiency | |
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Conclusions | |
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A Ray-Tracing Analysis of Holography | |
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Introduction | |
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Mathematical Ray-Tracing | |
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Numerical Example | |
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Comparison of Paraxial Hologram and Lens Optics | |
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Three-Dimensional Ray-Tracing | |
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Conclusions86 | |
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Holographic Lenses and In-Line 'Gabor' Holography | |
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Introduction | |
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Transition to Wavefront Curvature | |
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Phase Footprints, Again | |
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In-Line Interference, Again | |
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Transmittance Proof of the Focus Equation | |
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In-Line (Gabor) Holograms | |
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Conclusions | |
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Off-Axis 'Leith & Upatnieks' Holography | |
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Introduction | |
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Implications of Off-Axis Holography | |
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Interference and Diffraction in Off-Axis Holograms | |
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Models for Off-Axis Holograms | |
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Image Magnification | |
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Intermodulation Noise | |
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Conclusions | |
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Non-Laser Illumination of Holograms | |
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Introduction | |
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Problems with Laser Illumination | |
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Sources of Image Blur | |
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Narrow-Band Illumination | |
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Point-Source White Illumination | |
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Image Depth Effects | |
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Other Approaches | |
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Conclusions | |
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Phase Conjugation and Real Image Projection | |
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Real Image Projection Techniques | |
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Phase Conjugation--a Descriptive Approach | |
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Perfect Conjugate Illumination (Examples) | |
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Collimator Choices | |
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Perfect Conjugate Illumination (More Examples) | |
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Effects of Imperfect Conjugates | |
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Image Location (Analytical) | |
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Image Magnification | |
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Relation to the Lens and Prism-Pair Model | |
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Image Aberrations--Astigmatism | |
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Conclusions | |
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Full-Aperture Transfer Holography | |
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Full-Aperture Transfers | |
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Further Discussion of H1-H2 Technique | |
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The Holo-Centric Coordinate System | |
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Example | |
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Sepa | |