Abstract
Injection lasers are promising as light sources for optical information processing devices. However, there remain many difficulties that must be overcome before they are put into practical use. Analysis is made of the effects of the insufficient spatial- and temporal-coherence on the reconstructed image of a hologram. The coherence property is represented by Δλ, the width of the spectrum, and by Δd, the dimension of the light emitting region. The reconstructed image suffers lateral shift (Δx, Δy), as well as defocusing (Δz). Expressions for Δx, Δy, and Δz are given. Experimental results supporting the analysis are shown.
© 1971 Optical Society of America
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