title: Light-in-flight recording. 5: Theory of slowing down the faster-than-light motion of the light shutter.
abstract: Light-in-flight recording by holography uses a picosecond pulse for the reference beam, which like a sheet of light intersects the hologram plate and produces a sensitivity area that with a speed faster than light moves over the plate like a light shutter. If, however, the front of the reference pulse by diffraction in a grating is tilted relative to its direction of motion, the velocity of the light shutter can be slowed down resulting in increased recording time. The practical result using a reflection grating was a true recording that corresponded to a time compression of two to one. To minimize distortions of the recorded pulse shape we studied intersections that are identical for apparent (ellipsoidal) and true (spheroidal) wavefronts.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abramson
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Pettersson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bergstrom