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Holograms

Holograms are created using a laser beam that is split into an object beam and a reference beam. The object beam is reflected off of an object onto a photographic plate, while the reference beam hits the plate directly. The interference pattern created by the two beams interacting on the plate is then used to reconstruct a 3D image of the object when illuminated with another laser beam. Creating holograms requires a dark, vibration-free environment and precise equipment to record the interference pattern and view the reconstructed image. Holograms allow for high storage capacity and the ability to combine multiple images on a single plate but have disadvantages like low resolution and requiring complicated machinery.

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Holograms

Holograms are created using a laser beam that is split into an object beam and a reference beam. The object beam is reflected off of an object onto a photographic plate, while the reference beam hits the plate directly. The interference pattern created by the two beams interacting on the plate is then used to reconstruct a 3D image of the object when illuminated with another laser beam. Creating holograms requires a dark, vibration-free environment and precise equipment to record the interference pattern and view the reconstructed image. Holograms allow for high storage capacity and the ability to combine multiple images on a single plate but have disadvantages like low resolution and requiring complicated machinery.

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Holograms

Holography is a photographic technique that records


the light scattered from an object and then presents
it in a way that appears three-dimensional.

What is needed to form a hologram?


Laser, lenses, beam splitter, mirrors, holographic film

How do holograms work?


1. The laser points at the beam splitter, which
divides the beam of light into two parts.
2. Mirrors direct the paths of these two beams
so that they hit their intended targets.
3. Each beam passes through a diverging lens
and becomes a wide swath of light rather
than a narrow beam.
4. One beam, the object, reflects off the object
and onto the photographic emulsion.
5. The other beam, the reference beam, hits the
emulsion without reflecting off of anything
other than a mirror.

Workspace requirements
The darker the room is, the better. Safelight is a good addition, as holography often uses red light,
green and blue-green safelights would be best. A working surface that can keep the equipment
absolutely still is required. To make clear holograms, vibration in the air should be reduced. For this
reason, heating and cooling systems should be turned off a few minutes before performing
holography.

Holograms pros and cons

Advantages Disadvantages
Higher storage capacity Low axial resolution of inline holography

Ability to combine with other technologies Require complicated precise machinery to


produce and view the image

Enables the achievement of multiple images on a Do not produce images of complex movement
single plate and 3D images

Increased feasibility of objects Reference illumination beams are collinear

Holograms and waves


Laser light, on the other hand, is orderly. Lasers
produce monochromatic light -- it has one wavelength
and one colour. The light that emerges from a laser is
also coherent. All of the peaks and troughs of the
waves are lined up or in phase. The waves line
up spatially or across the wave of the
beam, temporally, or along the length of the beam. 

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