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Particle Field Holography

Particle Field Holography

Particle Field Holography

Chandra S. Vikram, University of Alabama, Huntsville
Brian J. Thompson
August 2005
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Paperback
9780521018302

    This is the first book to provide a thorough and systematic description of the entire subject of particle field holography. The use of holography to study very small objects in a dynamic volume is a technique of importance for scientists and engineers across a variety of disciplines for obtaining information about the size, shape and velocity of small objects, such as dust particles, fuel droplets, raindrops, pollen, and bubbles. Professor Vikram has made major contributions to the field, and here provides a coherent, comprehensive and self-contained treatment of the theory, practice and applications. The volume is written to satisfy the needs of researchers in the technique, practicing engineers dealing with applications, and advanced students in science or engineering departments. All the necessary mathematical formulations, figures and photographs, experimental procedures and results, and literature citations are therefore included.

    • First book on subject
    • Coherent, comprehensive and self-contained
    •  Summary of current state of the art

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    Product details

    August 2005
    Paperback
    9780521018302
    288 pages
    229 × 152 × 18 mm
    0.445kg
    115 b/w illus.
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Historical background
    • 2. Introduction to holography
    • 3. General theory of in-line Fraunhofer holography
    • 4. System design considerations
    • 5. Practical considerations
    • 6. Analysis of reconstruction
    • 7. Aberrations and their control
    • 8. Hologram fringe-contrast and its enhancement
    • 9. Non-image plane analysis
    • 10. Velocimetry and high-speed holography
    • 11. The off-axis approach
    • References
    • Index.
      Author
    • Chandra S. Vikram , University of Alabama, Huntsville
    • Foreword
    • Brian J. Thompson