Part I: Optics
1. Light, Waves, and Rays.
2. Physical Optics
Part II: Principles Of Holography
3. Introducing Holography
4. Volume Holography
Part III: Holography In Practice
5. Requirements for Holography
6. Practical Recording Materials
7. Recording and Reconstruction in Practice
Part IV: Applications
8. Holographic Displays
9. Other Imaging Applications
10. Holographic Interferometry
11. Holographic Optical Elements
12. Holographic Data Storage and Information Processing
13. Digital Holography
14. Computer-Generated Holograms
15. Holography and the Behavior of Light
16. Polarization Holography
17. Holographics Sensing
18. Ultraviolet and Infrared Holography
19. Holographic Authentication and Encryption
20. X-ray Holography
21. Electron and Neutron Holography
22. Acoustic Holography
Biography
Vincent Toal was formerly Director of the Centre for Industrial and Engineering Optics and Head of the School of Physics at Dublin Institute of Technology, now the Technological University Dublin. He gained the BSc degree in Physics and Mathematics from the National University of Ireland, an MSc degree in Optoelectronics at Queen’s University, Belfast and a PhD in Electronic Engineering at the University of Surrey. He is a member of Optica with research interests in optics and holographic applications.






