Visualization of 3D information with digital holography using laser printers

Abstract One of the main applications of digital holography is the 3D visualization of information. This paper describes the results obtained in the production of static computer generated holograms, using as output device a low/medium resolution laser printer. In particular, the reconstruction process of 2D/3D intensity objects from Fourier and Fresnel amplitude holograms and an application of the results in the field of optical document security are described.