Fresnel Holograms: Their Imaging Properties and Aberrations

A simple and unified treatment is given of the properties of the magnified or demagnified images reconstructed from Fresnel holograms. The resolution attainable in wavefront reconstruction is discussed with particular attention to the aberrations of reconstructed images. Explicit expressions are given for the five primary wave aberrations, viz., spherical aberration, coma, astigmatism, curvature of field, and distortion.