Practical Holography

Part 1 Principles of holography: what is a hologram?; how holography began - history and references; light sources for holography; the basic types of hologram; materials, exposure and processing. Part 2 Practical display holography: making a hologram - the first steps; single-beam techniques - single beam techniques, bypass holograms; building a holographic laboratory; master holograms; transfer holograms; focused-image holograms; home-made optical elements; pulse-laser holography; natural-colour holography; pseudocolour holograms; holographic stereograms; nonsilver processes; embossed holograms; display techniques. Part 3 Applied holography: holographic interferometry; holography in medicine; data recording; storage and retrieval.