Dennis Gabor: inventor of...

Pal Greguss

doi:10.1117/12.402452

3 October 2000 Dennis Gabor: inventor of...

Pal Greguss

Proceedings Volume 4149, Holography 2000; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.402452
Event: Holography 2000, 2000, St. Poelton, Austria

Abstract

The scope of this presentation is to give a brief survey on the more than 60 patents Dennis Gabor has obtained over a period of six decades. This means inventions related to light sources, cathode ray tubes, material sciences as well as the creation of thermionic electric generators, emphasizing, however, those that are strongly related to optics, holography and telecommunication. It is interesting to follow, how the idea of holography emerged in Gabor's endeavor to improve electron microscopy, and how these endeavors created side effects, such as the idea of flat display tubes or his invention to the production and projection of photographic pictures with stereoscopic effects. Derived as early as 1940. This idea culminated then in his patent entitled three dimensional picture projection in 1966, which already exploited the possibilities inherent in holography.

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Pal Greguss "Dennis Gabor: inventor of...", Proc. SPIE 4149, Holography 2000, (3 October 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.402452

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