• What is the most basic difference in the recording of reflection holograms and transmission holograms?

  • When a transmission hologram is broken into many pieces, each piece can reconstruct the image of an entire view of the object. Why?

  • When a reflection hologram is broken into many pieces, each piece cannot reconstruct the image of an entire view of the object. Why?

  • It is generally not possible to use commonly available photographic film to record holograms. Design a very particular hologram that can be made using these films.

  • What type of hologram, even if it is thinner than a wavelength of light, can record and reproduce a completely three-dimensional image? Explain.

  • Can holograms be made using one laser for the reference beam and another laser for the object beam? Why?

  • If you have to make a hologram using low-power diode lasers near a location that has trains going by all the time, what type of hologram should you try to make to optimize your chance of success?

  • Why can we use the sun to reconstruct the image of a reflection hologram but not of a transmission hologram?

  • Dennis Gabor discovered holography in 1947 before the laser was invented. How do you think he made the first hologram?

  • Explain how a reflection hologram selects the color from the light used to illuminate it.

  • You have made a reflection hologram using red laser light. Why is the image generally not red, but yellowish or greenish?

  • How is it possible to make a hologram with more than one scene that can be viewed one at a time through the full aperture of the hologram?

  • Why do we bleach the holograms after development?

  • Explain how a double-exposure hologram of an object that changes microscopically between exposures reveals the nature of the change.

  • When making holograms, we try to equalize the optical paths traveled by the reference and object beams. Why? Under what condition is this procedure not necessary?