Abstract:
A RECORDING MEDIUM BLANK IS EMPLOYED COMPRISING A SUBSTRATE HAVING A DIFFRACTION GRATING, COMPOSED OF A PLURALITY OF SPACED LINE RIDGES, ON A SURFACE THEREOF, TOGETHER WITH A PHOTORESIST DISPOSED ON THIS SURFACE WHICH FILLS THE SPACES BETWEEN ADJACENT LINE RIDGES. THIS PROVIDES A SUBSTANTIALLY SMOOTH EXTERIOR SURFACE OF THE PHOTORESIST WHICH IS SITUATED IN PROXIMITY WITH THE RESPECTIVE TOPS OF THE LINE RIDGES MAKING UP THE DIFFRACTION GRATING. BY EXPOSING SUCH A RECORDING BLANK TO A FOCUSED IMAGE OF ANY COMPLEX OBJECT AND THEN DEVELOPING THE PHOTORESIST, A DIFFRACTION GRATING WITH MODULATED EFFICIENCY IS FORMED, CONSTITUTING A SYNTHETIC FOCUSED IMAGE HOLOGRAM; WHICH DISPLAYS THE ORIGINAL FOCUSED IMAGE WHEN PROPERLY VIEWED. A STAMPING MASTER, WHICH CAN BE PREPARED FROM THIS MODULATED GRATING RECORD, IS USEFUL IN EMBOSSING REPLICATIONS ON THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL, SUCH AS VINYL FOR INSTANCE.
Abstract:
In a motion picture record in which successive frames of a motion picture are manifested by a series of successive holograms, such as phase holograms, greater redundancy and a saving in record material are achieved by having each one of the holograms partially overlap both the hologram which immediately precedes and the hologram which immediately succeeds that hologram in the series. The problem of unwanted spatial beat frequencies, which results from such overlap and is dependent on the amount of such overlap, can be eliminated by restricting the amount of overlap to a value such that the minimum spatial beat frequency is less than the ultimate resolution of the playback system (e.g. closed circuit television) employed in reconstructing the motion picture from the motion picture record.