Abstract:
METHODS AND APPARATUS ARE DISCLOSED FOR INCREASING THE HOLOGRAM STORAGE CAPACITY OF A RECORDING MEDIUM. WITH THE AID OF VARIOUS MASKING TECHNIQUES, EACH HOLOGRAM IS STORED IN A LARGE GROUP OF SMALL AREAS OR VOLUMES
DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND AT LEAST SOME HOLOGRAMS ARE STORED IN DIFFERENT GROUPS.
Abstract:
A first thick hologram of the wave front from an object is formed at a first wavelength to which a first hologram-recording medium is sensitive. A second hologram is recorded on a second recording medium sensitive to a second wavelength by placing the second recording medium adjacent the first and illuminating the first hologram with radiation at the second wavelength. This second hologram can then be illuminated with radiation of the first wavelength to reconstruct with minimum aberration the wave front associated with the object recorded on the first hologram.
Abstract:
A holographic recording medium comprising a hardened gelatin film sensitized with a chromate or dichromate. Exposure effects a change in the index of refraction in the exposed areas of the film, which can then be used without further processing, or washed to remove the sensitizer to make a permanent record.