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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>)
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Subject: Re: holography
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Date: Fri, 12-Apr-85 01:34:40 EST
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> Does anybody know about making holograms by computer?

I had a literature search done and turned up zillions of references
to computer-generated holograms and kinoforms.  Any good holography
text will have some references and probably a couple of pictures.
There is one book that I unfortunately don't have beside me at the
moment with a picture of a sample computer-generated hologram being
reconstructed very vividly under a Tensor desk lamp.

> My roomate (who is an Optics grad. student) thinks that it can be done
> but we don't have a powerful enough film recorder.  He doesn't know of
> anybody who has hacked the geometry, though.

? The optics require precise control, but the geometry is trivial!

A couple of months back I suggested a mailing list for this topic
but only got a couple of responses.