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Laser Pointer Introduces Holography for the Masses

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Daniel C. McCarthy, News Editor

Copernicus, Galileo, Columbus: All used the scientific method to set the popular wisdom of their day on its head. In this same tradition, Stephen Michael of Three Dimensional Imagery has disproved the belief that a good hologram cannot be created with a battery-operated laser pointer. And he did it with one purchased from the Edmund Scientific Co. 1998 Optical Instruments Catalogue. A battery-operated laser pointer purchased for less than $50 from Edmund Scientific Co. created this hologram, disproving the popular wisdom that laser pointers lack the coherent depth or linear polarization...Read full article

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