Holographic Imaging

MAS.450/854
Spring 2002

 

Class calendar (under construction)

Here is the current class schedule for MAS450, Holographic Imaging, Spring 2002. We will attempt to keep it as up-to-date as possible. That also means that this schedule is subject to change.

Be sure to reload this page before consulting it, since it changes often (especially just before and just after class)!

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day

lecture

(E15-054, TR 10:30-12)

demos

handouts

assignments

lab

(E15-044, TBA)

other

Tu Feb 05

* introduction to MAS450

* conduct of course

* introduction to holography and 3D

* what's it good for?

* lab preview

Coffee cup demo
(at E15-044, the holography lab)

* course description

* staff contact information

* requirements and grading

* Lab #0 handout


* PS#0 issued Lab#0 "the coffee cup demonstration" first day of classes

W Feb 06

           

Th Feb 07

* history and application of holography

* lottery for lab slots

 

 

* Chapter 1 (Introduction)

* Chapter 2 (Light waves)

 

  Lab#0 "the coffee cup demonstration"  
F Feb 09            

M Feb 12

           

Tu Feb 12

* wave representation of light

* EM spectrum

* units and measures

* field, energy, flux,
intensity, exposure

* phase representation of light

Michelson interferometer

* Chapter 3 (Waves and phases)

* Chapter 3appdx (Phase footprints)

* collaboration and "bibles"

* problem set #1

* PS#0 due

* PS #1 issued

   
W Feb 13            
Th Feb 14

* scientific research

* lab notebooks

* lab safety

* interference

* interference patterns

moiré interference

* lab safety information

* lab notebook guidelines

* Lab #1 notes

* Chapter 4 (Interference)

     

F Feb 15

 

         

M Feb 18

President's Day holiday      

Lab #1: Michelson interferometer

President's Day holiday
Tu Feb 19 Monday schedule of classes
(no holography lecture, labs as usual)

 

 

 

 

 

Monday schedule of classes
W Feb 20          
Th Feb 21

* more interference

* calculating spatial frequency

* diffraction

* grating equation

* basic holographic photochemistry

* PS#0 review

moiré interference

diffraction
- simple grating
- CAL plate
- wavelength dependence

* calculating spatial frequency

* ps #0 solutions

* Problem Set #2

* Lab #2 notes

* Chapter 5 (Diffraction)

* holographic photochemistry: basic process

 

* PS #0 returned

* PS #1 due

* PS #2 issued

 
F Feb 22          
M Feb 25        

Lab #2: Diffraction (M-F)

* Lab #2 notes

 
Tu Feb 26

* multiple orders

* relationship between
diffraction and interference

* diffraction efficiency

* lens review

diffdemo (computer)

* Chapter 6 (Diffraction efficiency)

* Chapter 6appdx (grating efficiency)

* Chapter 7 (Platonic holography)

   
W Feb 27          
Th Feb 28

* ps#1 review

* "Platonic" holography

* intro ray-tracing analysis

* paraxial lens equation
("one over R" equation)

* inline holograms

* from points to images

 

* ps #1 solutions

* Problem Set #3

* Chapter 8 (Ray-tracing analysis)

* Chapter 9 (HOEs and inline holograms)

* Lab #3 notes

* Lab #4 notes

* Lab #3/4 prelab questions (due in lab)

 

* ps #1 solutions

* PS #2 due

* PS #3 Issued

* Lab #3/4 prelab questions issued (due in lab)

 
F Mar 01          
M Mar 04        

Labs #3&4:
HOE and
in-line hologram

* Lab #3 notes

* Lab #4 notes

 
Tu Mar 05

* ray tracing analysis

* vector analysis

* magnification

 

* Chapter 10 (L&U holograms)

* Chapter 10appdx (horizontal and vertical focus)

   
W Mar 6          
Th Mar 07

*ps#2 discussion

* off-axis holography

* beam ratio

* off-axis holography

* astigmatism

* "cos-squared" equation

  * astigmatism model

* transmission holography equations

 

 

* ps#3 due

* ps#4 out

* Lab #5 notes

 

 

 
F Mar 08         Add Date 
M Mar 12         Lab #5: simple off-axis holography  
Tu Mar 12

* white-light illumination

* sources of image blur

* real image projection

 

* ps#2 solutions

* chapter 11 - non-laser illumination

* chapter 12 - real-image projection

* ps#2 solutions

 
W Mar 13

 

 

       
Th Mar 14 * phase conjugation intro

* bleaching

* master hologram recording

 

 

*PS#3 solutions

* Lab #6 notes

* Lab #6 prelab questions

* ps#4 due

* A catalog of sources

*PS#3 solutions

* Lab #6 prelab questions issued (due in your lab section)

 
F Mar 15          
M Mar 18        

Lab #6 master holograms

 
Tu Mar 19

* ps#4 discussion

Quiz Review

 

* PS#4 solutions

* Measuring angles and radii of curvature

 

 
W Mar 20          
Th Mar 21

Quiz #1

 

* Chapter 13: Full-aperture transfers

* Lab #7 notes

 

 
F Mar 22        

 

M Mar 25

       

Spring Vacation

 
Tue Mar 26

Spring Vacation

     
W Mar 27          
Th Mar 28

Spring Vacation

       
F Mar 29          
M Apr 01        

Labs #7 full-aperture transfers

 

 

 
Tu Apr 02

 

* full-aperture transfers

 

* holographic photochemistry, a summary

* hologram cross sections

 

 
W Apr 03          
Th Apr 04 Holographic Interferometry (guest lecturer)  

* Lab #8 notes

* Chapter 14: Rainbow holography

 

 

 

 
F Apr 05          
M Apr 08         lab#8 rainbow holograms  
Tu Apr 09

* quiz #1 discussion

* rainbow holography

 

* list of example projects (.pdf)

* quiz#1 solutions

* Chapter 15: Practical rainbow holography

 

 

 
W Apr 10          
Th Apr 11

* practical rainbow holography

  * Problem Set #5 out * ps#5 issued

 

F Apr 12          
M Apr 15 Patriot's Day Vacation       No labs this week.  
Tu Apr 16 Patriot's Day Vacation  

 

 

 
W Apr 17          
Th Apr 18

* intro to Denisyuk/reflection holography

 

* ps#5 due

* problem set #6 issued

* Lab #9 notes

* Ch. 16: Denisyuk holos

* Pyrochrome processing

 

* ps#5 due

 

 
F Apr 19 * first-round final project proposals due     * final project proposal #1 due (submit by email to sab@mit.edu or on paper to staff at E15-416)  
M Apr 22         Lab #9: Denisyuk
reflection holograms lab
 
Tu Apr 23

* art & holography (Betsy Conners, @ MIT Museum)

 

 

 

 

 
W Apr 24          
Th Apr 25

* reflection transfer holos

 

*Notes on off-axis reflection holography (3 pages)

* ps#5 solutions

* ps#6 due

* ps#7 out

* ps#5 solutions

* ps#6 due

* ps#7 issued

Drop Date
F Apr 26

 

   

 

 
M Apr 29         #10: Reflection
transfer holograms
 
Tu Apr 30

* off-axis reflection holograms

 

 

 

   
W May 01      

* final project proposal #2 due

 
Th May 02

* lecture

* final project proposal #2 due

* settle final project topics

 

* ps #6 solutions

* ps #7 due

* final project lab checklist

   
F May 03          
M May 06         Final Project Lab Sessions  
Tu May 07 review session   * ps #7 solutions    
W May 08          
Th May 09

Quiz #2

 

* Quiz #2 solutions

 

   
F May 10         last day for quizzes in subjects with a final exam
M May 13         Final Project Lab Sessions  
Tu May 14 CLASS CANCELLED        
W May 15          
Th May 16

CLASS CANCELLED

      LAST DAY OF CLASSES
F May 17          
M May 20         May 20-24 is final exam period
(final project presentations)
Tu May 21

* Final Project Presentations

1:30 - 4:30 PM in E15-054 (confirmed)  

Oral presentations (15 mins)

 
W May 22          
Th May 23          
F May 24 Written reports due        
M May 27 Memorial Day holiday