Holographic Technologies: Theory and Practice

Dear Colleagues,

The development of micro-nano-photonics and optoelectronics is one of the current priorities toward achieving scientific and technological progress, and optical holography is a part of this. In recent years, much attention has been paid to the active introduction of holographic technologies in various branches of optical science, applied optics, and optoelectronics. Digital holography, digital holographic microscopy, and other related quantitative phase imaging techniques as phase retrieval, ptychography, and shearography, are currently important tools in advanced manufacturing technologies, industry, and biomedical research. Сomputer-synthesized holography is also in a phase of active development. These techniques find applications in 2D/3D image display systems, wavefront sensors, holographic memory, correlators, and image processing devices. Security holography is extremely important from the point of view of commercial holography applications. The range of its capabilities was sufficiently expanded thanks to new multispectral photopolymer materials and modern diffractive optical elements, including plasmonic devices and metasurfaces. In this Special Issue, we are focusing on these and the other holographic technologies and their aspects: both theoretical foundations which will contribute to further development of this field and practical applications, well-established and just emerging, as well as very recent breakthroughs that have appeared due to the utilization of holographic principles.

The conference HOLOEXPO 2021 related our Special Issue will provide high-level forum platforms for scholars, scientific delegates, industrial delegates, scientists, and researchers from all over the world to share their research achievements, explore the hot issues, and exchange new experiences and ideas in the field of engineering and technology:

The XVIII International Conference on Holography and Applied Optical Technologies HOLOEXPO 2021 will be held in 20-23 September, 2021, Gelendzhik, Russia.

https://www.holoexpo.ru/

The purpose of the conference – discussion on the latest scientific and technical achievements, product demonstration, market assessment and identification of industry development trends in the field of holography and applied optical technologies.

Prof. Dr. Nikolay Petrov
Prof. Dr. Sergey Odinokov
Guest Editors

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