Description:

Lectures on Holography for advanced students in optics. Lectures in the first part of semester, making holograms in the second part.

Contents:

1) What is a hologram, principle of 3D recording. Perception of depth. Coherence.
2) Interference, diffraction. Spontaneous and stimulated emission. Lasers: principle, types.
3) Hologram: recording and reconstruction. Paraxial and non-paraxial imaging formulae. Magnification, aberrations.
4) Types of hologams: transmission, reflection, Denisjuk, Benton. Optical set-ups for recording of each type of hologram.
5) Diffraction efficiency of a hologram. Embossed holograms.
6) Requirements for light sources, set-ups, recording materials. Types of recording materials. Photographic process.
7) Holographic interferometry: double exposure method, live fringes, time-average method. Holographic optical elements.
8) Visit to a holographic company or to Academy of Science.
9) Denisjuk hologram making
10) Benton hologram - H1 record
11) Benton hologram - H2 record
12) Holointerferogram
13) Stereoportrait - H1 record
14) Stereoportrait - H2 record

Seminar contents:

9) Denisjuk hologram making
10) Benton hologram - H1 record
11) Benton hologram - H2 record
12) Holointerferogram
13) Stereoportrait - H1 record
14) Stereoportrait - H2 record

Recommended literature:

Caulfield, H., J., Handbook of Optical Holography, Academic Press, N.Y., 1979
Saxby G.: Practical Holography, IOP Publishing, 2004
course website: http://control.fs.cvut.cz/en/courses/holography-e361079

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar