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Light-in-flight recording. 5: Theory of slowing down the faster-than-light motion of the light shutter

Abramson, N ; Pettersson, Sven-Göran LU and Bergstrom, H (1989) In Applied Optics 28(4). p.759-765
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.
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  title        = {{Light-in-flight recording. 5: Theory of slowing down the faster-than-light motion of the light shutter}},
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  doi          = {{10.1364/AO.28.000759}},
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