The modulation transfer function in the hologram copying process
Abstract
The concept of MTF is introduced to analyze and describe consistently the hologram copying process, considering the original hologram as a volume hologram. The effect of the copying condition on the quality of the replica is expressed quantitatively in terms of the MTF. It turns out that holograms can be copied most successfully when the copying beam is oriented parallel to the original reference beam. The theoretical prediction is experimentally confirmed.
- Publication:
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Optics Communications
- Pub Date:
- May 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0030-4018(75)90052-8
- Bibcode:
- 1975OptCo..14...35S
- Keywords:
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- Diffraction Patterns;
- Holography;
- Modulation Transfer Function;
- Reproduction (Copying);
- Fourier Transformation;
- Gratings (Spectra);
- Light Beams;
- Near Fields;
- Instrumentation and Photography