What is a hologram? And why should you care?

H. John Caulfield

doi:10.1364/FIO.2010.FThV1

Frontiers in Optics 2010/Laser Science XXVI
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2010),
paper FThV1
•https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2010.FThV1

What is a hologram? And why should you care?

H. John Caulfield

Frontiers in Optics 2010

Rochester, New York United States
24–28 October 2010
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Diffractive and Holographic Optics I (FThV)

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Abstract

Debating definitions is usually foolish. But the word “holography” is more abused than most and has come to stand for nonsense. Brilliant cosmologists, TV editors, and “New Age” devotees all believe that holograms are magic.

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