Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Muffoletto, Richard Patrick
Author's Email Address	rmuffol@lsu.edu
URN	etd-11102006-165330
Title	Numerical Techniques for Fresnel Diffraction in Computational Holography
Degree	Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Department	Computer Science
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title John M. Tyler Committee Chair Joel E. Tohline Committee Co-Chair Bogdan S. Oporowski Committee Member Jianhua Chen Committee Member Peter R. Wolenski Dean's Representative
Keywords	fresnel diffraction computational holography
Date of Defense	2006-11-09
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Optical holography can produce very realistic virtual images due to its capability to properly convey the depth cues that we use to interpret three-dimensional objects. Computational holography is the use of digital representations plus computational methods to carry out the holographic operations of construction and reconstruction. The large computational requirements of holographic simulations prohibit present-day existence of real-time holographic displays comparable in size to traditional two-dimensional displays. Fourier-based approaches to calculate the Fresnel diffraction of light provide one of the most efficient algorithms for holographic computations because this permits the use of the fast Fourier transform (FFT). The limitations on sampling imposed by Fourier-based algorithms have been overcome by the development, in this research, of a fast shifted Fresnel transform. This fast shifted Fresnel transform was used to develop a tiling approach to hologram construction and reconstruction, which computes the Fresnel propagation of light between parallel planes having different resolutions. A new method for hologram construction is presented, named partitioned hologram computation, which applies the concepts of the shifted Fresnel transform and tiling.
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