Shoebox Holography
Ever since laser pointers became drugstore items I wondered if you could use them to make holograms. You can. This book tells how.
-- KK
Shoebox Holography
A Step-By-Step Guide to Making Holograms Using Inexpensive Semiconductor Diode Lasers
Frank DeFreitas, Alan Rhody, and Steve Michael
2000, 128 pages
$16
Sample excerpt
There are many laser pointers in the market today, ranging in price from a few dollars to hundreds of dollars. In many instances, with the more expensive models you are paying for the fancy casing or adjustable optics. (There are only a handful of diode laser manufacturers in the world, so many times the expensive pointer and the cheap pointer actually contain the same laser.)...Fortunately, the simplest, most rugged (and often least expensive) laser pointers work best for the experiment described in this book.
The shoebox holograph set-up. Laser pen is mounted on the right. A conch shell on the left sits on a motion dampening foundation. A white card is used to focus where the film plate will be.
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Betsy
that still doesnt explain one bit how to make a hologram.
its just a lser pointer. it wont work!
Moon
It MIGHT work, but the cost of holographic film is too high to play with this. A sandbox is the best way to go for a home setup. It allows you to set up things up right where you want them and provides damping because of the weight of the sand.
You have to get some instruction to see how to make a hologram.