One-Step Rainbow Holography: Recent Development And Application

F. T. S. Yu; Anthony M. Tai; Hsuan Chen

doi:10.1117/12.7972586

1 October 1980 One-Step Rainbow Holography: Recent Development And Application

F. T. S. Yu, Anthony M. Tai, Hsuan Chen

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 19, Issue 5, 195666 (October 1980). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7972586

Abstract

A one-step rainbow holographic process implemented with an imaging lens is presented. The generation of color hologram images by this one-step technique is illustrated. The applications of this one-step technique for the archival storage of color films and the generation of pseudocolor holographic imaging are presented. One of the most interesting and important applications of the one-step process is in holographic interferometry. Demonstrations of double exposure, time averaging, and contour generation by this one-step process are included. As compared with the conventional holographic interferometry, the one-step rainbow holographic process is a very simple and versatile technique which yields the advantages of white light readout. The one-step process offers a brighter image, less speckle noise, and better fringe visibility. For multiwavelength and multislit rainbow holographic interferometry, the techniques enable different physical holographic fringe patterns to be displayed in different colors.

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F. T. S. Yu, Anthony M. Tai, and Hsuan Chen "One-Step Rainbow Holography: Recent Development And Application," Optical Engineering 19(5), 195666 (1 October 1980). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7972586

Published: 1 October 1980

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