Subsea holography and submersible ‘holocameras’

John Watson, Nicholas M. Burns

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Abstract

Holography has been growing in importance for environmental studies in the oceans and lakes of the world, and many teams now deploy underwater ‘holocameras’ to measure, for example, plankton and their distribution in the water column, and transport of sediment in river estuaries and offshore waters. More recently, digital holographic recording on electronic imaging sensors, coupled with numerical reconstruction on a computer, added the benefits of rapid capture and storage of 3D images, holographic video recording of moving objects, and preservation of the time dimension, to the well-known ability to interrogate planar sections of the reconstructed scene, from which particle dimensions and 3D-location can be extracted. State-of-the-art holocameras are presented and for one such system, eHoloCam, its deployment and the results obtained are discussed in more detail.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSubsea Optics and Imaging
EditorsJohn E. Watson, Oliver Zielinski
Place of PublicationCambridge
PublisherWoodhead Publishing
Pages294-326, 327e
Number of pages34
ISBN (Electronic)9780857093523
ISBN (Print)9780857093417
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Publication series

NameWoodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials
PublisherWoodhead Publishing
Number46
ISSN (Print)2050-1501
ISSN (Electronic)2050-151X

Bibliographical note

Authors wish to thank the European Commission and the UK Dept of Trade and Industry for their financial support in developing the Aberdeen University holocameras. They are also indebted to a host of colleagues, research students and post-doctoral assistants, past and present. He also wishes to thank past partners including Brunel University (UK), Southampton Oceanography Centre (UK), Quantel (France), CDL (UK) and Elforlight (UK) and Marine Scotland (UK) for cruise facilities on the RV Scotia.

Keywords

  • holography
  • digital holography
  • underwater holography
  • submersible holographic cameras
  • holocameras
  • optical engineering

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