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Full-color holography using combs

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The three-dimensional images generated by digital holography are usually limited to a single color. A new technique exploiting frequency combs generates holograms with hundreds of colors at once.

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Fig. 1: Overview of dual-comb holography.

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    Chao Dong & David Burghoff

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Dong, C., Burghoff, D. Full-color holography using combs. Nat. Photon. 15, 866–867 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-021-00913-9

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