The Art and Science of Holography: A Tribute to Emmett Leith and Yuri Denisyuk (SPIE Press Monograph Vol. PM124)

This volume celebrates both the triumphs and the exquisite details of one of the most creative fields in optics: the art and science that is modern holography. Through anecdotal narratives and rigorous mathematical analyses, this book reveals the elegance of the field pioneered by physicists Yuri Denisyuk and Emmett Leith. The most highly regarded holographers worldwide have contributed chapters to this work. It explores all of the modern holographic advances and ponders the role holography will play in future technology. Contents - Preface - Editor s Preface - Holography Reinvented - Holography: Origin, Development, and Beyond - A Generalization of the Theory of Holographic Coherence Confocal Imaging - Optical Transforms in Digital Holography - Electronic Holographic Interferometry and Its Photographic Origin - Innovative Holographic Approaches for High-Resolution Image Reconstruction - Image Formation and the Retransformation of Coherence Functions - Holography and the Wigner Function - Observation of Light Propagation by Holography Using an Ultrashort-Pulsed Laser - Processing and Detection of Femtosecond Waveforms Using Ultrafast Dynamic Holography - Denisyuk Holography: From Lippmann Photography to Color Holography - Multicolor Holograms - Optical Encoding of 3D Correlation for Color Pattern Recognition - Holograms of Volumes and Volume Holograms - Color Conical Holographic Stereograms: Recording and Distortion Compensation Methods - Teaching Holography - The Role of Centric-minded Holography in Material Sciences - Solar Holography - Analytical Theory for Efficient Surface-Relief Gratings in the Resonance Domain - From Holography to Relativity - The Bizarre World of the Holographic Brain - Index