Determination of Optical Characteristics of Reflecting Surfaces from Complex Holograms

Complex optical holograms

“…Methods and optical scheme are suggested for the formation of Hartley holograms and the reconstruction from them of images of the objects with complex reflection functions. It is shown that the reflection coefficient and phase variation upon reflection of optical radiation from the object under study can be determined from the intensity of the image reconstructed from Hartley holograms.As was shown in papers [1-3], measurements of the intensities of the two quadrature components of the complex holograms [4] at characteristic points of its interference pattern allow, in contrast to the well-known methods [5,6], determining parameters of the reflected field directly. The present paper is aimed at investigating properties of complex holograms in dependence on the optical characteristics of mirror-reflecting surfaces of planar objects and radiation wavelength [7].…”

“…As was shown in papers [1-3], measurements of the intensities of the two quadrature components of the complex holograms [4] at characteristic points of its interference pattern allow, in contrast to the well-known methods [5,6], determining parameters of the reflected field directly. The present paper is aimed at investigating properties of complex holograms in dependence on the optical characteristics of mirror-reflecting surfaces of planar objects and radiation wavelength [7].…”