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Holography: Presented By: Submitted To
Holography: Presented By: Submitted To
Holography: Presented By: Submitted To
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History of Holography
Invented in 1948 by Dennis Gabor for use
in electron microscopy, before the
invention of the laser
Leith and Upatnieks (1962) applied laser
light to holography.
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Conventional vs. Holographic
photography
Conventional:
2-d version of a 3-d scene
Photograph lacks depth perception
Film sensitive only to radiant energy
Phase relation (i.e. interference) are lost
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Conventional vs. Holographic
photography
Hologram:
Freezes the intricate wavefront of light that carries all
the visual information of the scene
To view a hologram, the wavefront is reconstructed
View what we would have seen if present at the
original scene through the window defined by the
hologram
Provides depth perception
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Hologram properties
If you look at these holograms from different
angles, you see objects from different
perspectives, just like you would if you were
looking at a real object
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Hologram properties
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Hologram construction
Laser : Red lasers, usually helium-neon
(HeNe) lasers, are common in holography
Beam splitter: This is a device that uses
mirrors and prisms to split one beam of light into
two beams.
Mirrors: These direct the beams of light to the
correct locations.
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Hologram construction
Holographic film: Holographic film can record
light at a very high resolution, which is necessary
for creating a hologram. It's a layer of light-
sensitive compounds on a transparent surface,
like photographic film.
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Hologram working
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Hologram reconstruction
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Why Laser ?
Lasers produce
monochromatic light -- it
has one wavelength and
one color.
Because of the need for
coherent interference
between the reference
and object beams
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Hologram: Some Applications
Authentication.
Virtual Display.
Data Storage
Holoprinters
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HOLOGRAM: AUTHENTICATION
Identicard.
Passport.
Sticker or Tag.
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WHY HOLOGRAM FOR
AUTHENTICATION:
Hologram stickers cannot be scanned or
photocopied .
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Virtual Display:
Sci-fic movies.
For trade-show booths.
Museums display .
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Data storage:
Holographic data storage is a technique that can store
information at high density inside crystals or
photopolymers.
The ability to store large amounts of information in some
kind of media is of great importance, as many electronic
products incorporate storage devices.
The advantage of this type of data storage is that the
volume of the recording media is used instead of just the
surface.
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Holoprinters:
A holoprinter is a holographic printing device that can print
out full-colour digital holograms from a rendered 3D
model or a video series.
It uses red, green and blue lasers to write a series of dots,
or holopixels, across a holographic medium.
The holographic medium is typically a polymer film.
The film may require development after exposure
There are only a few digital holoprinter manufacturers in
the world, including Geola (Lithuania), View Holographics
(UK) and Zebra Imaging (US).
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Conclusion:
Built on technology that’s around for 40+ years