Overview

This text explains the principles of laser beam interactions applied to the recording, read-out and processing of information carrying optical waves. It provides both a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the specific effects that appear due to the fine-scale speckle structure of the spatial profile of a laser-originated wave. The basics of the nature, physics and properties of the speckle fields, as well as the fundamentals of holography and nonlinear optics are discussed. Both the simplified and detailed theories of read-out process for static and dynamic holograms of real objects are considered. The text explains a number of nonlinear optical photo-refractive effects which are specific for speckle waves, and discusses the problem of the ultimate information capacity of a volume hologram.

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Author:   Boris Ya. Zel'dovich ,  Alexander V. Mamaev ,  Vladimir V. Shkunov
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.589kg
ISBN:  

9780849344794

ISBN 10:   0849344794
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   22 December 1994
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Speckles in Holography. Introduction to the Problem: Interference and Spatial Structure of a Light Beam. Properties of Speckle Fields. Types of Holograms of Speckle Fields. Main Parameters of Holograms. Diffraction of Light by Sinusoidal Grating. Noise Characteristics of HologramS. The Problem of Information Capacity of Holographic Memory: Light Beam Degrees of Freedom. Capacity Limit for Two-Dimensional Recording of Information. Holographic Memory with Three-Dimensional Recording. Estimates for Limiting the Information Retrieval Rate. First Born Approximation Theory of Hologram Readout: Derivation of the Scalar Helmholtz Equation for Nonuniform Media. Amplitude of Reconstructed Object Waves. Strength of the Hologram. Amplitude of Conjugate Waves. The Condition of Volume Regime. Spectral-Angular Selectivity. Photoresponse Saturation and Grating Strength. Holograms of Speckle Waves: Diffraction Efficiency of Holograms of Speckle Waves. Diffraction Efficiency and Noise at Photoresponse Saturation for Thin-Layer and Thick-Layer Holograms. Selectivity of Holograms of Speckle Fields. Spectral-Angular Distortions. Holograms of Speckle Reference Waves. Readouts of Holograms at High Grating Strength: Thin- and Thick-Layer Holograms of Enhanced Efficiency. Specklon. Calculation of Extinction Coefficients for Specklon. Reconstruction of Speckle Fields by Volume Holograms and Effect of Selectivity Curve Shift. Intramodulation Noise of 3-D Holograms. Referenceless Holograms. Superimposing Exposures at Partial Correlation between Object Fields. Hymn of Praise for 3-D Holograms. Self-Action of Speckle Beams in Nonlinear Media: Brief Review of Nonlinearities for Dynamic Holography. Self Phase Modulation of Speckle Beam. Suppression of Self-Focusing by Speckles. Self-Binding of a Speckle Beam. Two Wave Mixing: Plane Wave Model of Two Wave Mixing. Self-Phase Conjugation Via Backscattering. Transient Energy Transfer of Speckle Beams in Accumulating Media. Stabilization of Dynamic Rec

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Zel'dovich, Boris Ya.; Mamaev, Alexander V.; Shkunov, Vladimir V.

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