What is Holography: Definition and 38 Discussions

Holography is a technique which enables a wavefront to be recorded and later re-constructed. Holography is best known as a method of generating three-dimensional images but it also has a wide range of other applications. In principle, it is possible to make a hologram for any type of wave.
A hologram is made by superimposing a second wavefront (normally called the reference beam) on the wavefront of interest, thereby generating an interference pattern which is recorded on a physical medium. When only the second wavefront illuminates the interference pattern, it is diffracted to recreate the original wavefront. Holograms can also be computer-generated by modelling the two wavefronts and adding them together digitally. The resulting digital image is then printed onto a suitable mask or film and illuminated by a suitable source to reconstruct the wavefront of interest.

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  1. Debam1224

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  2. K

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  3. rogdal

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    Good morning, I am developing an experiment on how to study the kinetics of etching/erasure of holographic lattices in a photorefractive material and I have some doubts about the procedure to follow. I have a single-mode He-Ne laser with monochromatic light of wavelength 632.8 nm and the...
  4. M

    A Twistors and celestial holography

    Many of us have heard of "twistors", arguably Roger Penrose's biggest contribution to theoretical physics. Twistor space is a space which maps nonlocally onto physical space-time; in particular, lightlike structures in space-time, like null lines and light cones, become much more "local" in...
  5. BiGyElLoWhAt

    B Intuitive, conceptual understanding of holography

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  6. sbrothy

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  7. E

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  8. Z

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  9. L

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  14. ZetaOfThree

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  19. rumborak

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  20. A

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  21. J

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  23. A

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  24. L

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  25. C

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  26. D

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  27. Z

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  34. marcus

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  35. A

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  36. fargoth

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  37. S

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  38. G

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    Can anyone suggest a good place to look for upcoming conferences and/or workshops pertaining to aspects of black hole thermodynamics and the holographic principle? In fact, what are some good "central repositories" for conference postings? LANL used to have one, but it frequently got out of...
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