The only all-inclusive treatment of holography?fromfundamental principles to the most advanced concepts

While several existing texts cover different aspects of thefield of holography, none provides a complete, up-to-date, andaccessible view of its popular, scientific, and engineeringaspects. Now, from an author team that includes one of the world'spioneers in the field, Holographic Imaging fills this need with asingle, comprehensive text that covers the subject from traditionalholography to the cutting-edge development of the world's mostadvanced three-dimensional holographic images, holographicprinting, and holographic video.

Written in an engaging and easy-to-follow style, HolographicImaging promotes a hands-on approach to making holograms andprovides readers with a working understanding of how and why theywork. Following a brief introduction to the fundamentals of lightand diffraction, coverage includes: the diffraction efficiency ofgratings, "platonic" holography, a ray-tracing analysis ofholography, holographic lenses and in-line "Gabor" holography,off-axis "Leith & Upatnieks" holography, non-laser illuminationof holograms, phase conjunction and real image projection,full-aperture transfer holography, white-light transmission"rainbow" holography, practical issues in rainbow holography,in-line "Denisyuk" reflection holography, off-axis reflectionholography, edge-lit holography, computational display holography,holographic printing, and holographic television.

Helpful diagrams and equations that summarize the mathematicaland physical principles for each technique discussed make this anapproachable resource for readers from a variety of backgrounds,including undergraduate and postgraduate students with an interestin optics, optoelectronics, and information display, as well asresearchers, scientists, engineers, and technology-savvyartists.