About the book
The holography of today is in transition from using traditional photo materials to the use of digital cameras and computers. Holography in general and digital holography, in particular, is a broad field developed in the meeting between optics and the digital world of computers. The hologram is a record of an optical pattern, but it usually contains more or different information on the observed scene than a regular image of the same scene. In order to extract the required information from the raw holograms, a digital algorithm is applied according to the specific application of the system. The development of the field has been accelerated lately due to the improvement of digital cameras, computers, and spatial light modulators. As a multidisciplinary area, holography connects experts in electro-optical engineering, image processing, and computer algorithms. More experts are needed when holography is utilized in one of the various applications such as microscopy, industrial inspection, biomedicine, entertainment, and others.
This book intends to provide an overview of the world of holography from the aspect of concepts, system architectures, and applications.
