Front Cover; Optical Holography; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Color Plates; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction to Basic Concepts; 1.1 Optical Holography; 1.2 Light Waves; 1.3 Interference Patterns; 1.4 Diffraction; 1.5 Hologram Formation; 1.6 Wavefront Reconstruction; 1.7 Plane and Volume Hologram-Formation Geometries; 1.8 Basic Holography Equations; 1.9 Partial Coherence; References; References; Chapter 2. Early Holography; 2.1 Bragg's X-Ray Microscope; 2.2 Holography for Electron Microscopy; 2.3 X-Ray Holography; 2.4 Beginnings of Optical Holography; 2.5 In-Line Holograms

2.6 Off-Axis HologramsChapter 3. Geometric Analysis of Point-Source Holograms; 3.1 Computation of Subject-Reference Phase Differences; 3.2 Reconstruction with a Point Source; 3.3 Characteristics of the Images; 3.4 Third-Order Aberrations; References; Chapter 4. The Fourier Transform; 4.1 Linear Space-Invariant Systems and the Fourier Transform; 4.2 Correspondences and Transform Relations; 4.3 The Convolution Operation; 4.4 Other Operational Correspondences; 4.5 Functional Correspondences; References; Chapter 5. Propagation and Diffraction; 5.1 The Wave Equation and Its Monochromatic Solution

5.2 The Plane Wave Solution5.3 Diffraction from Periodic Objects; 5.4 The General Diffraction Problem; 5.5 The Relation to the Fresnel-Kirchhoff Integral; References; Chapter 6. Optical Systems with Spherical Lenses; 6.1 The Spherical Lens; 6.2 A Simple Optical System; 6.3 A More General Optical System; 6.4 The Effect of Finite Lens Size; 6.5 Coherent and Incoherent Transfer Functions; References; Chapter 7. Light Sources and Optical Technique; 7.1 Light Sources for Hologram Formation; 7.2 Fringe Visibility in Hologram Recording; 7.3 Illumination with an Expanded Laser Beam

7.4 Division and Attenuation of the Laser Beam7.5 Mechanical Stability in Hologram Formation; 7.6 Light Sources for Hologram Reconstruction; 7.7 Simple Holographic Technique; References; Chapter 8. Analysis of Plane Holograms; 8.1 Off-Axis Holography with Nondiffuse Subject Light; 8.2 Off-Axis Holography with a Diffuse Signal; 8.3 Hologram-Forming Geometries; 8.4 Effects of Resolution and Size of the Recording Medium; 8.5 Maximum Efficiency of Plane Holograms; References; Chapter 9. Diffraction from Volume Holograms; 9.1 Holograms Formed with Two Plane Waves; 9.2 Bragg's Law

9.3 Coupled Wave Theory9.4 The Wave Equation; 9.5 Solution of the Wave Equation; 9.6 Transmission Holograms; 9.7 Reflection Holograms; 9.8 Discussion of Volume Hologram Properties; References; Chapter 10. Hologram Recording Materials; 10.1 Optical Changes in Photosensitive Materials; 10.2 Exposure and Sensitivity; 10.3 Recording Resolution; 10.4 Persistence of the Hologram and Erasability; 10.5 Noise and Recording Linearity; 10.6 Ideal Wavefront Reconstruction and Ideal Recording Material; 10.7 Representative Exposure Characteristics for Real Materials