Abstract
In 1948, Dennis Gabor (1900–1972) presented a method for three-dimensional imaging of objects: holography [7.1]. Holography requires coherent light and thus did not become important until after the invention of the laser. It soon found application in holographic interferometry, as now arbitrarily shaped diffusely scattering objects could be treated interferometrically and the same object could be compared with itself at a later time. Today, holography has expanded into various fields. Holograms and their images can now even be handled digitally. In optical data processing, for instance, more and more digital holograms and holographic optical elements are used. That way, data channels can be fanned out and optical connections can be realized on and between processor boards. It has become a customary practice to insert holograms onto credit cards to make forgery more difficult. Art, too, has discovered holography as an element of design.
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Lauterborn, W., Kurz, T., Wiesenfeldt, M. (1995). Holography. In: Coherent Optics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03144-5_7
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