SYNTHETIC IMAGE HOLOGRAMS - COMPUTATION AND PROPERTIES

Synthetic image holograms with apertures of at least several centimeters have been suggested by Leseberg using a special optical reconstruction setup. Here it is demonstrated how a lensless setup can be chosen without degrading the quality of the reconstruction. The synthetic image holograms have minimum requirements on the coherence of the light used for reconstruction. Optical reconstructions are shown using an extended white light source.