Two versions of holography vie to show atoms in 3D

Journal Article · Fri May 03 00:00:00 EDT 1996 · Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.272.5262.650· OSTI ID:263082

Nadis, S

In 1948 Dennis Gabor had an idea nearly 50 years ahead of his time, laying the theoretical groundwork for holography, a technique for making three dimensional images from interference patterns created when beams of coherent light or other radiation are shined on the object. Two research groups have developed holography on an atomic scale. One group from Budapest used atoms within a specimen itself as sources of coherent x-rays, a hologram can be made inside a solid - a crystal of the mineral perovskite, and by using atoms to detect rather than generate signals another groups has achieved an atomic-scale hologram. This article discusses the development and progress of the research.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 263082
• Journal Information: Science, Vol. 272, Issue 5262; Other Information: PBD: 3 May 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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