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images – transporting light 171<br />

F<br />

reference<br />

beam source<br />

C<br />

A<br />

object<br />

B<br />

D<br />

E ∞<br />

Challenge 175 s<br />

F I G U R E 120 Different types of holograms arise through different relative position of object (green),<br />

holographic plate (blue) and reference beam (red). Situation A denotes a thin inline transmission<br />

hologram as proposed by Gabor, B a thin offline transmission hologram following Leith and Upatnieks,<br />

C a thick reflection hologram, or white light hologram, following Denisjuk, D a Fourier hologram at large<br />

distance, E Fraunhofer hologram at infinite distance and F two-dimensional hologram with inverted<br />

wave train (© DGH).<br />

F I G U R E 121 Interferograms of a guitar (© Wikimedia).<br />

without touching it?<br />

In the beginning of the computer industry, the aim of display makers was to produce<br />

photo-realistic displays, i.e., displays that could not be distinguished from a photograph.<br />

This aim has become reality. In 2012, a technology visionary proposed that the next aim<br />

of the industry should be to produce window-realistic displays, i.e., displays that can-<br />

Motion Mountain – The Adventure of Physics copyright © Christoph Schiller June 1990–November 2015 free pdf file available at www.motionmountain.net

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