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22 THE PHYSICS TEACHER ◆ Vol. 41, May 2003
In 1999, Dr. TungJeong, professor emer-itus at Lake Forest
College, spent a week atNew Trier High School asscientist-in-residence. Dur-ing this time, he met withphysics students and staff inboth large and small groupsto discuss the art and sci-ence of holography. As a re-sult of a workshop he present-ed to our physics teachers,more than 700 physics stu-dents now make reflectionholograms annually. In con-junction with his visit, he dis-played some of his most spec-tacular holograms in ourschool’s art gallery. Many visi-tors to the gallery were con-vinced that the disarminglyreal-looking images wereactually objects displayedbehind glass. One hologram in particular fooled al-most everyone.
During the installation of his holographic exhibi-tion, Jeong showed us a transmission hologram ofhimself standing in a laboratory at Fermilab inBatavia, Ill. Jeong informed us that the striking holo-gram, created by Ed Wesley and himself, is availablecommercially.1 Noting that the gallery had a storage
closet, he somewhat jokingly suggested that we shouldcut an opening in the closet door large enough to ac-commodate the hologram. Illuminated with a laserlocated in the closet, the resulting holographic imagewould appear to be behind the door. He said with asmile, “You could title the faux diorama ‘The DoctorIs In.’”
Within two days, our very accommodating physi-
The Doctor Is In
Chris Chiaverina, New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL
Clockwise from top left: Photo 1, photo 2, photo 3 and photo 4.
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cal plant service department found, modified, and in-stalled a door capable of receiving the hologram. On-ly minutes after the door was hung, the hologram andthe illuminating laser were in place. Finally, a pushbutton was installed in the door. The button was usedto control a light inside the closet. When turned onby an unsuspecting visitor, the light would reveal theruse.
The photographs illustrate what visitors to thegallery saw as they approached and then peered intothe hole in the closet door. Photo 3 was taken by in-serting the camera lens in the door’s opening and fo-cusing on the holographic image. Photo 4 reveals thetrue contents of the closet, sans doctor.
The hologram need not be mounted in a door toelicit ooh’s and ah’s from your students. Hologramsseem to have the power to captivate in any setting.
Reference1. “The Doctor Is In” glass transmission hologram (4 x 5
in) is available from Integraf, 745 N. Waukegan Road,Lake Forest, IL 60045. Viewable with a low-powerlaser, the hologram shows a 20-ft deep 3-D scene ofJeong in a laboratory. The hologram comes withmounting and viewing instructions and costs $80.00
PACS codes: Au: can you suggest some?
Chris Chiaverina, physics teacher, retiredNew Trier High School, 385 Winnetka Ave.,Winnetka, IL 60012; [email protected]
Au: can you give somemore autobio. informationfor above?
Can you confirm the orderof photos?
