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MAS.450/854: HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGING
READING LIST, SPRING 2002
Although holography was invented more than 50 years ago, and entered its modern (laser) age about 35 years ago, it remains an infant and struggling medium, and its literature is correspondingly scattered and often hard to find. This course will depend mainly on readings from draft chapters of Prof. Benton’s forthcoming book on holography. However, there are many things left to learn in the literature!. Many of the items listed here are available at various libraries at MIT, and catalog numbers will gradually join this list (bring in those you dig out, too!). Some of the other books can be examined at the Spatial Imaging Laboratory (although not checked out). Accumulating your own library will be slow because many of these volumes were produced in small numbers, and may now be out of print. We will appreciate any additions to this shopping list you may wish to recommend. Books that might be referred to in class are grouped first — the others are intended only as collateral reading suggestions.
Much of the important original literature is in the archival journals, such as the Journal of the Optical Society of America, as well as in the Symposium Proceedings listed below. Most of the readings have extensive bibliographies, and a specialized list of journal references might be finished by the end of the term. Patents can also be an important source of information, but are not included here.
Books of Direct Interest:
P.M. Hariharan, Optical Holography
(Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1984,
paperback 1986, 2nd Ed’n 1996), ISBN 0-52-131163-2
A
very nice self-contained treatment of the principles, techniques, and application,
tempered by a good sense of what really matters, and what really works. Hariharan
has made also several important contributions to the science of holography.
W. Thomas Cathey, Optical Information Processing and Holography
(John Wiley & Sons, N.Y., 1974)
This
graduate level electrical engineering oriented text is much more mathematical
than needed here, but it is comprehensive and interesting to read. Recently
reprinted.
Unterseher, Hansen and Schlesinger, Holography Handbook
(Ross Books, P.O. Box 4340, Berkeley, CA 94704, 1982)
A
folksy and often humorous guide for the serious hobbyist. It has many practical
tips and detailed layouts for the display holographer. Well leavened with California
funk, it is the "whole-holography catalog." The book has just been reprinted.
Copies can also be found at the MIT Museum and the Boston Museum of Science.
Graham Saxby, Practical Holography
(Prentice Hall, London, 2nd edn., 1994) 457 pages
plus appendices, $80! ISBN 0-13-097106-5
A fairly thorough
and well illustrated discussion of holography on the level of an advanced amateur
preparing to undertake a serious hobby (no math). Lots of collateral information,
such as how to make your own optical elements. Very British in its style and
humor.
R. Collier, C.B. Burckhardt and L. Lin, Optical Holography
(Academic Press, N.Y., 1971) (paperback 1977, $34.50)
605 pgs ISBN: 0-12-181052-6
This is the "bible" of holography,
available in paperback, and contains sections on many topics still of interest
to display holographers. It is somewhat dated (nicely superseded by Hariharan),
and invokes more math than we will use
J.W. Goodman, Introduction to Fourier Optics
(McGraw-Hill, San Francisco, CA, 1968; 2nd edn, 1996)
ISBN 0-07-024254-2, esp. Ch. 9.
The first, and still
the foremost, text on the application of communication theory concepts to the
analysis of coherent optical imaging systems (graduate EE math level). The longest
chapter is on holography.
E. Hecht, Theory and Problems of Optics
(Schaum’s Outline Series, McGraw-Hill Inc., N.Y.,
1975)
A concise survey of the wave-optical concepts involved
in holography, with many example problems and solutions. A bargain at $10, unless
you want the introductory material such as below.
E. Hecht, Optics
(Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 2nd edn., 1987) ISBN
0-201-11609, 676 pgs, $53.50
A very good all-round undergraduate
text on optics. Includes a section on holography (pre-rainbow).
H.J. Caulfield, ed., Handbook of Optical Holography
(Academic Press, N.Y., 1979)
This collection of pieces contains widely differing styles
and levels, many missing the goal of a truly useful handbook. Of particular
interest will be:
Chapter 9, Section l: (SAB) "Photographic
Materials and Their Handling," pp. 349-366.
D.S. Falk, D.R. Brill and D.G. Stork, Seeing the Light: Optics
in Nature, Photography, Color, Vision and Holography
(Harper and Row, N. Y., 1986), Ch. 14, "Holography"
pp. 368-393
Of the "physics for poets" genre. Highly interesting
and simplified, but reasonably accurate, lots of pictures and almost no math!
G. Saxby, Manual of Practical Holography
(Focal Press, Oxford, 1991) 189 pages, ISBN 0 2405
1305 3
Although most of the experimental hardware is idiosyncratic,
the practical concepts are very well explained.
D.C. O’Shea, W.R. Callen and W.T. Rhodes, Introduction
to Lasers and Their Applications
(Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1977)
An
undergraduate-level survey of laser technology with good explanations, including
Ch. 7: "Holography"
H.M. Smith, ed., Topics in Applied Physics, Vol. 20: Holographic
Recording Materials
(Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1977)
Excellent
chapters on "Basic Principles", "Silver Halide Materials", "Dichromated Gelatin",
and "Photoresists".
John Iovine, Homemade Holograms
(Tab Books, Blue Ridge Summit, PA, 1990) 225 pgs.
paperback:
$14.95, ISBN 0-8306-3460-6
Also of Interest:
M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics
(Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1965, and later editions)
THE
reference for theoretical optics. Very tough sledding, even among professionals,
but well worth a browsing or a search for definitive proofs (if you have a taste
for that sort of thing).
Melissa Crenshaw, "Hazards of Holographic Processing Chemicals,"
in
T.H. Jeong, ed., Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Display
Holography
(Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois, July
1985)
This supplements the general discussions of chemical
safety in the course.
Philip M. Heckman, The Magic of Holography,
(Atheneum, New York, 1986) ISBN 0-689-31168-0, 287 pages,
$19.95
Probably the book to send when your kid sister
or brother asks "what IS holography?"
Tung H. Jeong, A Study Guide on Holography (draft)
AAAS "Study Guide on Contemporary Problems" Series
(Amer. Ass’n Adv. Science, Washington, D.C. 1975)
See also: The Optical Industry and System Purchasing Directory
#26, Book l, pp. B337 et seq. (1980)
Professor Jeong has
been the foremost proponent of display holography as a physics teaching tool
and of methods for teaching holography that are accessible to non-scientists.
T.H. Jeong and F.E. Lodge, Holography Using a Helium-Neon
Laser
(Metrologic Instruments, New Jersey, 1978)
An
introductory guide for the small-scale laboratory equipment and (second rate)
lasers made by Metrologic but interesting reading.
T.H. Jeong, ed., Proceedings of the First International Symposium
on Display Holography, 1982
(Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois, July
1982)
A marvelous collection of papers from across the
spectrum of artistic, technical, research and related efforts.
T.H. Jeong, ed., Proceedings of the Second International
Symposium on Display Holography, 1985
(Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois, July
1985)
A thicker volume than #1, and generally meatier papers.
This should be on every holographer’s reference shelf.
T.H. Jeong, ed., Proceedings of the Third International Symposium
on Display Holography, 1988
(Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois, July
1988)
The next report of this important series of conferences.
Joseph E. Kasper and Steven A. Feller, The Hologram Book,
(Prentice-Hall, Inc., New Jersey, 1985)
A
very good physical explanation of holography at a layman’s level, though
based on the "tiny mirrors" model (a favorite of Prof. Jeong).
J.T. McCrickerd, Projects in Holography
(Newport Corporation, Fountain Valley, CA, 1982)
A
beautifully printed but overly compacted guide to simple holography setups,
sponsored by the best known manufacturer of holographic hardware.
Don McNair, How To Make Holograms,
(TAB Books, Blue Ridge Summit, PA, 1983)
A
real "how to build your own shop" narrative, well illustrated, in the "Popular
Mechanics" tradition. PVC pipe optics holders in a sand table is the result,
and they work. Nice interviews with holographers, and photos of their work.
A. L. Schawlow, ed., Lasers and Light: Readings from Scientific
American
(W. H. Freeman, San Francisco, CA, 1970) Especially:
p.
339, Leith and Upatnieks, "Photography by Laser" (June 1965), and
P. 351, K. Pennington, "Advances in Holography" (Feb. 1968),
(See
also E. Leith, "White-Light Holography" in Scientific American, October 1976).
R.H. Webb, Elementary Wave Optics
(Academic Press, N. Y., 1969)
A
model treatment of wave (physical) optics using nothing beyond "shop math" (algebra,
geometry and trigonometry). Occasionally cumbersome, but it covers the important
physical phenomena.
Some web sites of relevance to holography:
http://www.yahoo.com/Computers/Graphics/Holography/
http://hmt.com/holography/holohandbook.html
http://web.mit.edu/museum/collections/holography.html
http://www.enter.net/~holostudio/edu2.html
http://www.ibm.com/Stretch/Mindshare/holo.html
http://www.thesphere.com/SAS/SciGrps/HolographyGrps/HolographyGrps.html