The ultimate resolution that can be attained by holography is limitted by the size of the hologram in use. This paper describes a new method for exceeding this limit of resolution by means of multiple-reflection at two parallel plane mirrors placed between an object and a photographic plate. All the diffracted waves from the object are trapped and guided to the photographic plate by this mirror system.
The process of recording and reconstruction is treated mathematically to show how the super-resolution is performed.
Consideration is given about several factors which decide the practical limit of the resolution obtained by this system.
The super-resolution effect of the proposed method is verified by experiments.
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