Modern Optics
PIRA classification 6Q
Grayed Demos are either not available or haven't been built yet.  | 
6Q10. Holography
PIRA #  | 
  Demonstration Name  | 
  Abstract  | 
6Q10.00  | 
  Holography  | 
  
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6Q10.01  | 
  geometric model for holography  | 
  A geometrical model which, without sacrificing and physical principles, correctly explains all the major characteristics of holograms.  | 
6Q10.01  | 
  introduction to holography  | 
  Holography at the level of an undergraduate optics course.  | 
6Q10.01  | 
  practial holography  | 
  A "from the beginning" article on holography.  | 
6Q10.01  | 
  hologram chapter  | 
  A chapter on holograms in Meiners by Tung H. Jeong.  | 
6Q10.10  | 
  holograms  | 
  Show a hologram.  | 
6Q10.10  | 
  360 degree reflection holography  | 
  Two methods of making 360 degree reflection holograms.  | 
6Q10.10  | 
  360 degree hologram  | 
  A 360 degree hologram From Edmund Scientific is observed with a Hg lamp and 5461 Angstrom filter.  | 
6Q10.10  | 
  holograms  | 
  A video of a 360 degree transmission hologram.  | 
6Q10.11  | 
  single beam 360 degree holograms  | 
  A very simple arrangement using only a single lens to diverge a laser beam.  | 
6Q10.11  | 
  360 degree holograms  | 
  Simple configuration for a good quality hologram.  | 
6Q10.20  | 
  in class holograms  | 
  
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6Q10.21  | 
  holographic camera  | 
  A Gaertner holographic system on an optical table.  | 
6Q10.30  | 
  making holographic interferograms  | 
  Directions for making a simple and cheap plate holder.  | 
6Q10.31  | 
  thin-transmission holograms  | 
  A long article on Abramson ray-tracing holograms.  | 
6Q10.32  | 
  thin-transmission holograms  | 
  A long article on a simple ray-tracing method for thin-transmission holograms.  | 
6Q10.40  | 
  rainbow hologram with beaker of wate  | 
  Use a beaker of water in making the rainbow hologram.  | 
6Q10.42  | 
  real time holograms  | 
  How to make real time good quality interferograms.  | 
6Q10.45  | 
  single beam holography  | 
  Use single beam holography to study mechanical vibrations of an opaque object.  | 
6Q10.45  | 
  single beam holography  | 
  Demonstrate real time holograms that last several hours without glass plate film, etc.  | 
6Q10.50  | 
  vibration testing for holography  | 
  A vertical Michelson interferometer is constructed on the optical table with a pool of mercury as one mirror.  | 
6Q10.60  | 
  low cost holography  | 
  Diagrams of single and double beam methods for making holographs.  | 
6Q10.60  | 
  inexpensive holography table  | 
  Four inches of newspapers and twelve tennis balls support a concrete slab.  | 
6Q10.60  | 
  inexpensive spatial filter  | 
  Substitute a microscope with an x-y stage for a commercial spatial filter.  | 
6Q10.60  | 
  inexpensive beam splitters  | 
  Use dime-store back silvered mirrors for beam splitters for holography.  | 
6Q10.60  | 
  inexpensive holography  | 
  A simple method for making holograms.  | 
6Q10.62  | 
  simple hologram arrangement  | 
  A simple hologram arrangement using ball bearings as beam expander mirrors.  | 
6Q10.63  | 
  instant holograms  | 
  Use Polaroid film for holograms.  | 
6Q10.65  | 
  holography for sophmore lab  | 
  A simple hologram camera.  | 
6Q10.70  | 
  beam splitter for holography  | 
  A double front surface mirror splitter, and the Edmond 41 960 variable density beam splitter.  | 
6Q10.71  | 
  rear reflections in plates  | 
  Put black PVC masking tape on the back of the holographic plate.  | 
6Q10.71  | 
  film holder for holography  | 
  Use a 35 mm camera (both Kodak 649-F and SO-243 films come in 35mm).  | 
6Q10.72  | 
  simple hologram verification  | 
  Method for finding the orientation necessary for viewing and the location of the hologram on the film.  | 
6Q10.72  | 
  holography without darkroom  | 
  Dye the plates with a blue-green attenuator and use laser light in a red poor background.  | 
6Q10.73  | 
  diffuser as beam splitter  | 
  Get by with a single beam expander by using the polished back of the diffuser as a beam splitter.  | 
6Q10.74  | 
  holography with 1 mw laser  | 
  A technique for low exposure holography.  | 
6Q10.75  | 
  holography table  | 
  Construction of an oscillation damped table for holography.  | 
6Q10.76  | 
  axial mode detector  | 
  The output of a fast silicon photodiode is mixed with a uhf signal and the oscillator is tuned to give a 0 Hz difference frequency.  | 
6Q10.77  | 
  comment on AJP 44(7),712  | 
  Two points of concern.  | 
6Q10.78  | 
  Kerr cell driver  | 
  Modulate a laser beam with a Kerr cell. A circuit for a driver is given.  | 
6Q10.81  | 
  computer holograms  | 
  Generate holograms with an HP 9100B desktop calculator and plotter.  | 
6Q10.82  | 
  reconstruction of acoustic holograms  | 
  A photocopy of a hologram produced from sound waves in air was used to reconstruct an image with laser light and a crude setup.  | 
6Q10.85  | 
  holograph of a holograph  | 
  A virtual image of a lens appears in front of a plate and images of various objects appear behind.  | 
6Q20. Physical Optics
PIRA #  | 
  Demonstration Name  | 
  Abstract  | 
6Q20.00  | 
  Physical Optics  | 
  
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6Q20.10  | 
  simple Abbe demonstrations  | 
  Techniques of demonstrating Abbe theory of image formation with simple microscope equipment avoiding use of special Abbe diffraction gratings.  | 
6Q20.10  | 
  Abbe's theory of imaging  | 
  A demonstration to show both image and diffraction pattern formation.  | 
6Q20.11  | 
  optical simulation of electron micro  | 
  An optical setup simulates an electron microscope imaging a two-dimensional lattice. Demonstrates Abbe's theory of the microscope.  | 
6Q20.20  | 
  phase reversal effect - single slit  | 
  Illuminate a double slit with the central maximum from a single slit diffraction pattern, then move the double slit so one slit is illuminated by the central maximum and the other by the first sideband.  | 
6Q20.21  | 
  symmetries in Fraunhofer Diffraction  | 
  The Fraunhofer diffraction patterns for eight apertures each show a central maximum and interesting symmetries.  | 
6Q20.30  | 
  spatial filtering  | 
  An optimum lens configuration for optical spatial filtering for use in amplitude modification techniques.  | 
6Q20.35  | 
  mapping transform  | 
  A distorted image is viewed at 45 degrees to the axes of cylindrical convex and concave mirrors resulting in recognizable mirror images.  | 
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