The Use of Singlemode Fiber-Optics for Holography and Holo-Interferometry

Singlemode optical-fiber components are used in holography and holo-interferometry to realize significant improvements in stability, flexibility and accessibility. The present talk will review the history of the application of individual singlemode fiber-optic components to the manipulation of both object and reference beams, and the use of multimode fiber-optic image bundles for object-to- hologram wavefront transmission. The advantages and disadvantages of singlemode versus multimode fiber-optic components will be discussed, and techniques for improving the stability of multimode fiber-optic components will be presented. Finally, recent successes in the use of singlemode image bundles for wavefront transmission between the object and the hologram will be described and evaluated.