Holography And Its Application | Yu. Ostrovsky

About the book: The books explains basic physical fundamentals of a hologram and holography. In the second chapter various experiments on holography are detailed out. In the final chapter various applications of holography are given. The book also contains an extensive list of references on the subject. The book was translated from the Russian by G. Leib. The book was published by Mir in 1977. Contents Chapter 1 A HOLOGRAM AND ITS PROPERTIES 1.1. The Physical Principles of Holography 8 1.2. Properties of a Hologram 58 Chapter 2 HOLOGRAPHIC EXPERIMENTS 73 2.1. Arrangements for Forming Holograms 74 2.2. Sources of Light for Forming Holograms 101 2.3. Reconstruction of Wavefront 123 2.4. Hologram Recording Materials 140 Chapter 3 THE MAIN APPLICATIONS OF HOLOGRAPHY 161 3.1. Three-Dimensional Images 162 3.2. Holographic Interferometry 185 3.3. Spatial Filtration and Character Recognition 217 3.4. Other Applications of Holography 228 Epilogue 239 References 240 Name Index 256 Subject Index 264