Method and apparatus of producing an arcuate rainbow hologram

A method for making a hologram of an object comprising the steps of:

• (a) limiting the information content of a wave front of coherent light representing the object by occluding all but a selected portion through an arcuate aperture having a length substantially greater than its thickness;
• (b) forming an information-limited real image of the object from the information-limited wave front;
• (c) combining the information-limited real image with a reference wave front of light having a select phase relationship with the information-limited wave front to form an interference pattern;
• (d) positioning an image-receiving surface proximate to the information-limited real image;
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• (e) recording the interference pattern on the image-receiving surface.

A method for making a hologram of an object comprising the steps of:

• (a) receiving a wave front representing the object on an arcuate image-receiving surface;
• (b) interfering a first coherent reference light having selected waveform and direction with the wave front representing the object at the image-receiving surface to form a master;
• (c) illuminating the master with an illuminating waveform to form an image that is to be recorded;
• (d) receiving the information-limited image on a second image-receiving surface proximate to the information-limited real image;
• (e) interfering a second coherent reference light having selected form and direction with the information-limited real image at the second image receiving surface to form an information-limited holographic image;
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• (f) recording the interference pattern on the image-receiving surface.

A method for making a hologram of an object comprising the steps of:

• (a) recording the wave front representing the object and a reference waveform upon an image-receiving surface to form a master;
• (b) illuminating the master with an illuminating wave front to form an image that is to be recorded, the illuminating wave front being propagated in an arcuate geometry;
• (c) combining the image with a second reference waveform having a select phase relationship with the illuminating wave front to form an interference pattern:
• (d) positioning an image-receiving surface proximate to the real image;
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• (e) recording the interference pattern on the image-receiving surface.

A method for making a hologram of an object comprising the steps of:

• (a) receiving a wave front representing the object on an image-receiving surface;
• (b) interfering a first coherent reference light having an arcuate geometry with the wave front representing the object at the image-receiving surface to form a master;
• (c) illuminating the master with an illuminating waveform to form an image that is to be recorded;
• (d) receiving the information-limited image on a second image-receiving surface proximate to the information-limited real image;
• (e) interfering a second coherent reference light having selected form and direction with the information-limited real image at the second image receiving surface to form an information-limited holographic image;
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• (f) recording the interference pattern on the image-receiving surface.

Apparatus for making a hologram of an object comprising:

• (a) means for generating a coherent beam of light that forms a reference beam;
• the reference beam being directed toward an image receiving surface;
• (b) means for generating a wave front of coherent light representing the object to be recorded, the wave front representing the object having a given information content;
• (c) means for limiting the information of a wave front representing the object to a selected portion of the wave front, the means forming an arcuate window through which the selected portion is preserved and the window having a length substantially greater than its thickness;
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• (d) recording means that receive the reference wave front and the information-limited wave front representing the object.

A hologram of an object prepared by a process comprising the steps of:

• (a) illuminating the object with coherent light to create a reflection therefrom having a given information content;
• (b) limiting the information content of a wave front representing the reflection of the illuminated object to a selected portion of the wave front, the selected portion forming an arcuate window through which the selected portion is preserved and the window having a length substantially greater than its thickness;
• (c) deriving an information-limited image of the object from the information-limited wave front;
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• (d) recording the image on an image-receiving surface.

A hologram of an object prepared by a process comprising the steps of:

• (a) limiting the information content of a wave front of coherent light representing the object by occluding all but a selected portion through an arcuate aperture having a length substantially greater than its thickness;
• (b) forming an information-limited real image of the object from the information-limited wave front;
• (c) combining the information-limited real image with a reference wave front of light having a select phase relationship with the information-limited wave front to form an interference pattern;
• (d) positioning an image-receiving surface proximate to the information-limited real image;
• and
• (e) recording the interference pattern on the image-receiving surface.

A hologram of an object prepared by a process comprising the steps of:

• (a) receiving a wave front representing the object on an arcuate image-receiving surface;
• (b) interfering a first coherent reference light having selected waveform and direction with the wave front representing the object at the image-receiving surface to form a master;
• (c) illuminating the master with an illuminating waveform to form an image that is to be recorded;
• (d) receiving the information-limited image on a second image-receiving surface proximate to the information-limited real image;
• and
• (e) interfering a second coherent reference light having selected form and direction with the information-limited real image at the second image receiving surface to form an information-limited holographic image;
• and
• (f) recording the interference pattern on the image-receiving surface.

A hologram of an object prepared by a process comprising the steps of:

• (a) recording the wave front representing the object and a reference waveform upon an image-receiving surface to form a master;
• (b) illuminating the master with an illuminating wave front to form an image that is to be recorded, the illuminating wave front being propagated in an arcuate geometry;
• (c) combining the image with a second reference waveform having a select phase relationship with the illuminating wave front to form an interference pattern;
• (d) positioning an image-receiving surface proximate to the real image;
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• (e) recording the interference pattern on the image-receiving surface.

A hologram of an object prepared by a process comprising the steps of:

• (a) receiving a wave front representing the object on an image-receiving surface;
• (b) interfering a first coherent reference light having an arcuate geometry with the wave front representing the object at the image-receiving surface to form a master;
• (c) illuminating the master with an illuminating waveform to form an image that is to be recorded;
• (d) receiving the information-limited image on a second image-receiving surface proximate to the information-limited real image;
• (e) interfering a second coherent reference light having selected form and direction with the information-limited real image at the second image receiving surface to form an information-limited holographic image;
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• (f) recording the interference pattern on the image-receiving surface.