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Laser Pointer Holograms

Posted by michael on from the things-to-do-when-you-tire-of-playing-with-the-cat dept.

kgb1001001 writes: "A couple of instructors at Lake Forest College and the Kyoto Institute of Technology have put together a nice little page on amateur holography using laser pointer diodes. This home-page gives enough information to get started and also includes an order form for the photographic plates and chemicals needed to develop the holograms. Also, another page discusses the same techniques and materiels, but comes with some nifty pictures (2-d of course) of the final outcome."

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  1. Creating your own . . . by OverlordQ · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is an informative page about creating your own holograms, and the different types.

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  2. Re:More in laser pointer holography by FTL · · Score: 5, Informative
    > Laser pointer holography was originaly developed by Frank DeFreitas.
    > You should buy his book

    Absolutely not. Avoid that book like the plague. The supplier for his plates has gone out of business. The new supplier that took over manufacture of these plates describes Frank's technique as "crap". And it is.

    I made the mistake of purchasing his book and trying to get results. He makes things far far more complicated than they need to be. By contrast, the integraf techiques (as linked to from the main /. article) are much simpler much cheaper and produce perfect holograms. I just finished making some stunning integraf holograms a couple of days ago.

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