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Department of Art / Department of Physics
H455: Honors Holography
Syllabus
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Week 1: Introduction to the Course |
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Lecture: |
What is Holography? |
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Demonstration:
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View different types of sample holograms
View Museum of Holography Video
Tour of laboratory. |
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Discussion: |
Stereo Viewers, Magic Eye. |
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Laboratory:
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Introduction to the holography laboratory;
Darkroom |
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Week 2: What is Holography |
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Lecture:
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The eye: how do we see?
Stereoscopic vision; 3D Imagery |
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Demonstration:
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Split beam grating
Holography rules - stability
Processing holography film |
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Discussion: |
Light and sound waves |
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Laboratory: |
Creating a diffraction grating |
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Week 3: Holographic Gratings |
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Lecture: |
The physics of light - amplitude, wavelength and phase. |
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Demonstration:
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Split beam grating
Holography rules - equal path lengths
Color |
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Discussion: |
Interference and diffraction |
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Laboratory: |
Diffraction gratings |
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Critique: |
Assignment #1 due Monday |
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Week 4: One Step Rainbow Gratings, Diode Laser Holography |
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Lecture: |
Gratings; Transmission holograms. |
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Demonstration:
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Rainbow grating transmission hologram
Stress patterns; depth of field
Painting with lambda
Building a diode laser
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Discussion: |
Artists, holographers |
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Laboratory: |
One step Rainbow gratings |
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Week 5: One Step Rainbow Holograms, Diode Laser Construction |
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Lecture:
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Gratings; Transmission holograms
Holography with a diode laser. |
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Demonstration:
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Single beam transmission hologram
Depth of field
Building a diode laser |
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Laboratory:
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Creating a transmission hologram
Testing diode lasers |
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Critique: |
Assignment #2 due Monday |
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Week 6: Split-Beam Transmission Holograms |
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Lecture: |
Split beam transmission holograms |
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Demonstration:
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Split beam transmission holograms
More holography rules |
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Discussion: |
Holography in Art |
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Laboratory: |
Creating a split beam transmission hologram |
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Week 7: Split-Beam Transmission Holograms |
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Lecture: |
Transmission versus reflection holograms |
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Demonstration: |
Dennisyuk holograms |
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Laboratory: |
Single beam reflection holograms |
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Critique: |
Assignment #3 due Monday |
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Week 8: Single-Beam Reflection Holograms |
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Lecture:
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Reflection holograms
Possible guest
lecturer |
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Demonstration: |
Dennisyuk holograms |
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Laboratory: |
Single beam reflection holograms |
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Week 9: Single-Beam Reflection Holograms |
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Lecture: |
Reflection holograms |
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Demonstration:
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Dennisyuk holograms
Matting and display techniques |
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Laboratory: |
Single beam reflection holograms |
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Critique: |
Assignment #4 due Monday |
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Week 10: Final Projects |
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Critique: |
Show Piece due Wednesday |
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Class Exhibition: |
Thursday, Friday |
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Final Exam: |
Friday |
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