Holography at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory: Creating a Digital Hologram

Abstract

This report describes how to create a digital hologram. Creating a hologram is the first step in supporting the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's efforts to remotely sense high spatial resolution three-dimensional (3-D) images. The digital hologram itself is an interference pattern of two sources of light, one source being from a laser that illuminates a target object and the other source being the light from the target itself. A holographic image has several components, and these components come from the mathematics that describe holography. These different components are discussed. Finally, a comparison is made between a holographic image and regular images that might be made with a digital or film camera.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA574840

Entities

People

  • Justin Bickford
  • Karl K. Klett Jr.
  • Neal Bambha

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Holograms
  • Holography
  • Information Operations
  • Instructions
  • Laboratory Equipment
  • Military Research

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • STEM Education

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy