Holographic Imaging and the field of Holography is quite interesting and it pays to learn a little bit about its past. Dennis Gabor is considered the Father of Holography and Holographic Technologies. Dennis was born in Hungary in 1900. He started his study of physics at age 15 and eventually became a Physicist in Britain. Dennis wrote a paper in 1948 that has become the foundation of modern Holography.
The most interesting thing about all this is that laser light had not even been invented yet, when he wrote his paper. Thus his brilliant innovation and creative genius stands out as one of the great inventors of the 20th Century. Later Dennis Gabor became a Professor at Imperial College at the University of London in Applied Electron Physics.
Dennis Gabor worked in the field of Holography until he died in 1979. Of course there have been many other notables in Holographic Imaging such as;
- A.B. Baez
- S. Benton
- Y. Denisyuk
- M.E. Haine
- P. Kirkpatrick
- E. Leith
- G.L. Rogers
- H. El-Sum
- J. Upatnieks
Most of these gentlemen’s papers can be found online doing a special customized Google Scholar Search. Many folks do not understand the difference between Holography and Spectral Imagining and they often get the technologies confused.
Holography has specific limitations that presently keep it from being able to do the things that we associate with Holographic Images such as the Star Wars “Holographic Image” communications devices. This technology is totally possible, but it is not really Holography doing it. Perhaps watching a couple online videos might clear this up?
Learn about Spectral Imagery Video Museum Library;
http://www.holophile.com/html/spectral.htm
To learn more read a brief Auto Biography;
http://www.holophile.com/html/gabor.htm .
L. Winslow is an Economic Advisor to the Online Think Tank, a Futurist and retired entrepreneur. Currently he is planning a bicycle ride across the US to raise money for charity and is sponsored by http://www.Calling-Plans.com and all the proceeds will go to various charities who sign up.
Tags: communication, Historical Innovations, Holography, Inventors
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