Crystal beginnings: constellations of holography

Martin Richardson; Stephen Brown

doi:10.1117/12.593654

21 April 2005 Crystal beginnings: constellations of holography

Martin Richardson, Stephen Brown

Proceedings Volume 5742, Practical Holography XIX: Materials and Applications; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.593654
Event: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices 2005, 2005, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

In January 2004 at the SPIE Photonics West conference held in San Jose, an exhibition of the late Steve Benton’s work was held in a corridor leading of the conferencing rooms. The exhibition contained most, if not all of his finest works including one of his most spectacular, 'Crystal Beginnings'. It was during an interval in the programme that I found myself standing in front of this hologram, discussing its practical makings with fellow holographer Fred Unterseher. Since no notes were available regarding its design or indeed the holographic camera, Fred and I began to try and decipher how Benton had made it. During the discussion we seemed to attract a small crowd, and it soon became apparent that we were not alone in our fascination. One of those in the crowd turned out to be Oliver Cossairt, one of Benton’s ex-students at MIT. He contributed to our argument by informing us that he had asked Benton how the hologram was made. Benton’s answer was "all the clues are there!" The more I looked at the mass of reference points in space, the more it appeared as some form of 3D map or constellation! This paper explores that idea, and asks for reader’s participation in the completion of a questionnaire. Its answers will be used as reference points in a holographic map.

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Martin Richardson and Stephen Brown "Crystal beginnings: constellations of holography", Proc. SPIE 5742, Practical Holography XIX: Materials and Applications, (21 April 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.593654

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