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Department of Art / Department of Physics
H455: Honors Holography
General Information
Course Content and Procedures:
This course consists of lectures, demonstrations,
labs, discussions and critiques. Lectures and demonstrations will be given
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Thursday will be a laboratory day. Friday
will be a discussion day. Student projects will be due as announced. Projects
will be discussed as work is created and displayed. Student work will
be critiqued and graded. Final projects will be displayed in a holography
exhibition at the end of the quarter.
Students must pay for film
and chemicals. $25 will be collected for the use of chemicals and two
‘starter’ films. Additional film may be purchased for
$3.00 per 4"x5" sheet, $6.00 per 5"x8" sheet and $12.00 per 8"x10" sheet.
Students can expect to use 10-20 4"x5" sheets during the quarter.
Lectures and Demonstrations:
The material discussed in the lectures is listed below.
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Lecture |
Topic(s) considered |
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I |
Introduction
- What is Holography? |
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II |
Stereoscopic
Vision. The Eye: How do we see? |
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III |
Waves and Wave
Properties. Light and Sound |
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IV |
Propagation of
Waves, Interference and Diffraction |
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V |
Holography Rules |
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VI |
The Grating Equation,
Diffraction Gratings |
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VII |
Wave-Particle
Duality, Into to Quantum Mechanics |
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VIII |
Bohr Theory,
Quantization |
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IX |
Lasers, Construction
of a Diode Laser |
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X |
One Step Rainbow
Holograms |
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XI |
Painting with
Lambda, Tigergrams |
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XII |
The Optics of
Mirrors |
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XIII |
Index of Refraction,
Lenses, Shock waves |
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XIV |
Space Dimensions
and 1/r2 |
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XV |
Transmission
Holograms |
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XVI |
Depth of Field |
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XVII |
Reflection Holograms |
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XVIII |
Problems |
Student Reports:
Students will write a 5-6
page research paper based on a holography topic or an artist holographer.
The written report will be turned in on the day scheduled for an oral
presentation to the class. Students should sign up for their report
topics during the first two weeks of class. To facilitate discussion
during oral presentations, students will distribute an outline of
their topic and any other supporting materials including references
prior to their oral presentation. The student written research paper,
oral presentation and discussion will be graded. The material for
discussion forms an integral part of the course. In most cases this
material will only be covered in the reports and discussions.
Laboratory Time:
Laboratory time allows
students to perform their own work. Each student is required to
sign up for two hours of laborartory time. On Monday of each week any
open laboratory hours for that week will become available for student
sign-up. During the laboratory time the student who signed up will have
sole access to the laboratory.
Final Exam:
There will be a final
exam at the end of the quarter. The exam will sample the material
covered in Lectures, Discussions and Assignments. The exam will have roughly
40 questions all of which will be multiple choice, matching, true-false
or fill-ins.
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