Ultra-high resolution holograms are now finding commercial and industrial applications in such areas as holographic maps, 3D medical imaging, and consumer devices. This handbook provides complete coverage of real-time colour holographic processes and applications. In addition to discussing the optics and theory behind these holographic systems, the book details laser technologies, recording devices, data acquisition and processing techniques, and materials for reproduction. Leading researchers in the field cover both digital and analogue colour holography as well as real-time displays, CW lasers, and digital holographic printing.

Ultra-Realistic Imaging and Its Historical Origin in Display Holography. Lippmann Photography. Continuous Wave Lasers for Colour Holography. Recording Materials for Colour Holography. Analogue Colour Holography. Pulsed Lasers for Holography. Digital Colour Holography. Digital Holographic Printing: Data Preparation, Theory and Algorithms. Digital Holographic Printing: Computational Methods for Full-Parallax Holograms. Image Data Creation and Acquisition for Digital Display Holograms. Theoretical Basis for High-Fidelity Display Holograms. Diffraction Efficiency: An Alternative Approach Using the PSM Model. Illumination of Colour Holograms. Applications of Ultra-Realistic Holographic Imaging. Acronyms. Appendices: Historical Origins of Display Holography: Spreading Awareness. History of the Geola Organisation. Active Cavity Length Stabilisation in Pulsed Neodymium Lasers. Aberration Correction by Image Predistortion in Digital Hologram. MAXScript Holocam Program. Design Study of Compact RGB LED Hologram Illumination Source. Bilinear and Bicubic Interpolation.