Requirements for a Wavefront Reconstruction Television Facsimile System

E. N. Leith, J. Upatnieks, B. P. Hildebrand, K. Haines

Gabor's wavefront reconstruction process allows a three-dimensional scene to be recorded on, and re-imaged from, a two-dimensional surface. This paper describes the theory behind this method and discusses its possible application to a three-dimensional television system. The results show that such a system is possible in principle, but that considerable advances in technology will be required to obtain a commercially acceptable system.

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1965-10
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Original Research
DOI
10.5594/J05995