Contemporary Holography

This book is unique in covering most of developments on optical holography starting from photopolymer recording techniques to CMOS based digital holography. It also covers fundamentals and applications of dynamic holography using photorefractive crystals and many different types of digital holography and its many applications.

List of contents

1. Conventional Holography. 2. Conoscopic Holography. 3. Computer generated holography. 4. Photorefractive dynamic holography. 5. Digital holography. Chapter 6. Unconventional holography. Appendix 1. Coherence of Optical waves. Appendix 2. Rainbow holography. Appendix 3. Anisotropic selfdiffraction. Appendix 4. VanCittert Zernike theorem. References.

About the author

C. S. Narayanamurthy is currently working as a Senior Professor with the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST, Valiamala (PO), Trivandrum, India. Prof. Narayanamurthy did his PhD from IIT Madras in the area of Laser Speckle Interferometry. He then carried out his post-doctoral research in dynamic holography using photorefractive crystals at the Imperial College, London, UK during 1990-91. He works mainly in the area of Applied Optics (Holography, Optical Metrology) and Adaptive Optics (Wavefront sensing, Imaging through turbulence, etc). Prof. Narayanamurthy has published more than 70 papers and is a recipient of the 2022 Galileo Galilee Award instituted by the International Commission for Optics (ICO) for his contributions in Applied and Adaptive Optics. He is also currently the President of the Optical Society of India and a Distinguished Fellow of the Optical Society of India.

Summary

This book is unique in covering most of developments on optical holography starting from photopolymer recording techniques to CMOS based digital holography. It also covers fundamentals and applications of dynamic holography using photorefractive crystals and many different types of digital holography and its many applications.

Product details

• Authors: C. S. Narayanamurthy
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.07.2024
• EAN: 9781032181387
• ISBN: 978-1-032-18138-7
• No. of pages: 116
• Weight: 244 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, farbige Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Raster, farbig, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Multidisciplinary and Applied Optics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Lasers & Photonics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electrical, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Imaging Systems, Electrical Engineering, Imaging systems & technology, Imaging systems and technology, Laser technology and holography, Laser technology & holography