Abstract

In normal light-in-flight holography the largest time difference that can be created in the image is when the reference light falls nearly parallel with the photographic plate. In that case, where the pulse front is perpendicular to the direction of propagation, the time scale on the plate is given by the speed of light. Thus the time it takes for the reference light to go from one side of the plate to the other sets the upper limit of the observable time interval. By using a reference light where the pulse front is leaning backward, this view time can be increased several times.

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Light-in-flight recording. 5: Theory of slowing down the faster-than-light motion of the light shutter

Nils Abramson, Sven-Goran Pettersson, and Hakan Bergstrom
Appl. Opt. 28(4) 759-765 (1989)

Light-in-flight recording: high-speed holographic motion pictures of ultrafast phenomena

Nils Abramson
Appl. Opt. 22(2) 215-232 (1983)

Single pulse light-in-flight recording by holography

Nils H. Abramson and Kenneth G. Spears
Appl. Opt. 28(10) 1834-1841 (1989)

Time reconstructions in light-in-flight recording by holography

Nils Abramson
Appl. Opt. 30(10) 1242-1252 (1991)

Light-in-flight recording. 2: Compensation for the limited speed of the light used for observation

Nils Abramson
Appl. Opt. 23(10) 1481-1492 (1984)