摘要 |
A holographic device for producing output image patterns in response to different input pattern wavefronts is described. A novel hologram is formed by the interference of a first pattern of electromagnetic waves and a second pattern of electromagnetic waves. The resultant hologram may be irradiated with a pattern of electromagnetic waves corresponding to the first pattern to reconstruct the second pattern of electromagnetic waves, and vice versa. To form the hologram a coherent light beam, such as from a laser, is directed on an object such as a transparency having a pattern thereon. The light from the object is directed onto a photographic emulsion. A coherent light beam also illuminates a second pattern, such as a coded apertured plate, and the light passing through the apertures is directed onto the photographic emulsion where it forms an interference pattern with the light from the first pattern. A hologram is thereby formed which, when illuminated by a pattern similar to one of the original patterns will reconstruct an image of the other original pattern.
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