# Computer-Generated Holography¶

Odak contains essential ingredients for research and development targeting Computer-Generated Holography. We consult the beginners in this matter to Goodman's Introduction to Fourier Optics book (ISBN-13: 978-0974707723) and Principles of optics: electromagnetic theory of propagation, interference and diffraction of light from Max Born and Emil Wolf (ISBN 0-08-26482-4). In the rest of this document, you will find engineering notes and relevant functions in Odak that helps you describing complex nature of light on a computer. Note that, the creators of this documentation are from Computational Displays domain, however the provided submodules can potentially aid other lines of research as well, such as Computational Imaging or Computational Microscopy.

## Engineering notes¶

Note Description
Holographic light transport This engineering note will give you an idea about how coherent light propagates in free space.
Optimizing phase-only single plane holograms using Odak This engineering note will give you an idea about how to calculate phase-only holograms using Odak.
Learning the model of a holographic display This link navigates to a project website that provides a codebase that can learn the model of a holographic display using a single complex kernel.
Optimizing three-dimensional multiplane holograms using Odak This link navigates to a project website that provides a codebase that can help optimize a phase-only hologram representing multiplanar three-dimensional scenes.