MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2014



Hands-On Holography

Dr. Robert A. Freking

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/10
Limited to 24 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Bring laptop with MATLAB installed. Have MATLAB experience

Misjudged as passé art or entertained only as an amusing physical paradox, holography critically encompasses all the essential principles governing propagating wave interactions across every domain of matter and energy.  Yet, surprisingly few in the applied sciences and engineering appreciate how to leverage holographic phenomena in real-world sensing applications.  This course will demystify holography by demonstrating how to gather and interpret 2-D, phase-preserving recordings to recover a hidden, encoded third dimension of information. Course topics progress from basic phenomenology on to specialized applications of holographic techniques in the physical and computational domains.  Participants will practice holography hands-on in the electromagnetic and audio domains through interactive laboratory exercises employing traditional film, computer-generated holography (CGH) and sonic recordings.  Measurement devices, supplies and MATLAB starter code will be provided.. 

*This work is sponsored by the Department of the Air Force under Air Force Contract FA8721-05-C-0002.  Opinions, interpretations, conclusions and recommendations are those of the author and are not necessarily endorsed by the United States Government.

Sponsor(s): Lincoln Laboratory, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Dr. Robert A. Freking, holographycourse@ll.mit.edu


Hands on Holography

Jan/13 Mon 01:00PM-03:00PM 300 Tech. Sq. 2nd Fl, Bring laptop w/Matlab installed.
Jan/14 Tue 01:00PM-03:00PM 300 Tech. Sq. 2nd Fl, Bring laptop w/Matlab installed.
Jan/15 Wed 01:00PM-03:00PM 300 Tech. Sq. 2nd Fl, Bring laptop w/Matlab installed.
Jan/16 Thu 01:00PM-03:00PM 300 Tech. Sq. 2nd Fl, Bring laptop w/Matlab installed.
Jan/17 Fri 01:00PM-03:00PM 300 Tech. Sq. 2nd Fl, Bring laptop w/Matlab installed.

IMPORTANT:

All sessions will be held at Beaver Works @ 300 Technology Square, 2nd Floor (Next to NE47-MIT-CBE)

Special Meeting Information:  All participants must supply their own laptops with MATLAB installed.