Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Holograms as Wave Patterns Properties of waves. Wave uniformity Interference. Making a hologram. A photographic grating. A photographic zone plate. The complete hologram process. The hologram of a scene. Chapter 2. Coherence Frequency coherence. Frequency stability. Spatial coherence. Coherent waves from small sources. A microwave hologram. A real acoustic image. The extremely short wavelengths of light. Chapter 3. Lasers The first laser. A water wave analogy. The two-step process. Energy conservation with reflectors. Reflectors and spatial coherence. Energy concentration. Q-spoiling. Gas lasers. Reflectors and resonators. The natural line width. Coherence length. Semiconductor lasers. Chapter 4. Wave Diffraction Diffraction by a slit. The near field. Diffraction by two slits. Diffraction by multiple slits. Multiple slit gratings and photographic gratings. Refraction by prisms. A prism grating. A double-prism grating. Volume effects. Dependence of diffraction on wavelength. Diffraction by a knife edge. Diffraction by a disk. Disks and zone plates. Chapter 5. Zone Plates The classical zone plate. Zone plates as negative lenses. Zone plates with areas interchanged. Offset zone plates. Offset holograms. Zone plates as lenses. Volume zone plates. Standing wave patterns. Lattice reflectors. Reflection zone plates. Chapter 6. Properties of Holograms Three-dimensional realism. Holograms and photographs. Parallax and lens action. A stereo hologram. Focused-image holography. Reconstruction with a small portion of a hologram. Pseudoscopy in the real image of a hologram. Image inversion. Single wavelength nature of holograms. Requirements of film properties. Information content. Holograms and coherent radar. Acoustic holograms. Chapter 7. Recent Developments Viewing holograms. The Museum of Holography. "White light or "rainbow" holograms." Hologram computer memories. Liquid surface holography. Synthetic-aperture radar and sonar. New lasers. Wires of glass. Lasers in the military. Epilogue Suggested Reading Index