Mr. Gaylord E. Moss Profile

Gaylord E. Moss

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Proceedings Article | 10 April 1997 Paper

Method for making balanced multiple exposures in single-layer holograms

Gaylord Moss

Proceedings Volume 3011, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.271352

KEYWORDS: Holograms, Camera shutters, Chemical elements, Holography, Beam splitters, Optical components, Diffusion, Holographic optical elements, Mirrors, Patents

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Proceedings Article | 1 May 1990 Paper

Fulfilling the promise of holographic optical elements

Gaylord Moss

Proceedings Volume 1211, (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.17956

KEYWORDS: Holography, Holograms, Heads up displays, Manufacturing, Glasses, Holographic optical elements, Chemical elements, Defense technologies, Reflection, LCDs

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Consider the whole class of holographic optical elements which either contain pictorial image information or have the ability to modify wavefronts. Even after many years of development, there are pitifully few marketable applications. The visionary promises that holography would create a revolution in the optics and display industries have not been fulfilled. Time has shown that, while it was relatively simple to dream up ideas for myriad applications, these ideas have generally not moved beyond laboratory demonstrations. Exceptions are a few items such as optical elements for supermarket scanners, head-up displays and laser diode lenses. This paper addresses: 1. The many promises of holographic elements 2. The difficulties of practical implementation 3. A reassessment of research and development priorities To give simple examples of these points, they are discussed mainly as they apply to one type of holographic application: automotive displays. These familiar displays give a clear example of both the promises and difficulties that holographic elements present in the world of high volume, low-costproduction. Automotive displays could be considered as a trivial application alongside more interesting fundamental research programs or high cost, sophisticated military applications. One might even consider "trivial" automotive displays to be a disreputable subject for serious researchers. The case is made that exactly the opposite is true. The resources for large scale development exist only in a healthy commercial market. An example is the Japanese funding of high technology through commercial product development. This has been shown to be effective in the development of other technologies, such as ceramics, semiconductors, solar cells and composite materials. In like manner, if holography is to become an economically important technology, more and more competent researchers must start looking outside the universities and military laboratories for support. They must involve themselves in some of the "trivial" commercial applications.

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Practical Holography XXVII: Materials and Applications

3 February 2013 | San Francisco, California, United States

Practical Holography XXVI: Materials and Applications

22 January 2012 | San Francisco, California, United States

Practical Holography XXV: Materials and Applications

23 January 2011 | San Francisco, California, United States

Practical Holography XXIV: Materials and Applications

25 January 2010 | San Francisco, California, United States

Practical Holography XXIII: Materials and Applications

25 January 2009 | San Jose, California, United States

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