Introduction to the Proceedings of the 9th ISDH

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The ProceedingsAs co-chairs of the 9th International Symposium on Display Holography, we welcome readers of thiscollection of papers and posters presented at the event. We hope that both attendees of the event andothers pursuing the art, science, and business of holography and 3D imaging will find the authors'contributions of lasting interest and importance.The EventSince its creation at Lake Forest College in 1982 by Professor Tung H Jeong, ISDH has followed a modelthat differentiates it from other scientific conferences. The 9th ISDH continued this history, fullyoccupying a floor of the MIT Media Lab for five days. The single-track conference opened withreports on the state of holography in the various nations represented by the attendees, followed by aseries of presentations on Education and Holography. One and one-half days of papers on Art andHolography followed, then sessions on Techniques and Materials, Digital Techniques, andCommercial and Applied Holography. A poster session permitted more in-depth discussion betweenauthors and the audience. Two exhibitions of holographic works opened at ISDH: an informal displayarea at the symposium, and a 15-month-long MIT Museum exhibition, The Jeweled Net: Views ofContemporary Holography.The success of an event of this sort requires the help of many people and organizations. We wishespecially to recognize our Honorary Conference Chairs: Tung H Jeong and Joseph W Goodman; ourTechnical Program Committee: Hans I Bjelkhagen, Frank Fan, Nasser Peyghambarian, and HiroshiYoshikawa; and our Arts and Exhibition Committee: Betsy Connors-Chen, Melissa Crenshaw, JohnDurant, Dieter Jung, Linda Law, Martin Richardson, Jonathan Ross, and Sally Weber. Betsy alsocoordinated the on-site exhibition. Kristin Hall at the MIT Media Lab made local arrangements, whileregistration was handled by MIT Conference Services.We also gratefully acknowledge support from Lake Forest College, holographer.org, andauthentibrand.com, and endorsement by the Optical Society of America.Finally, and most importantly, we thank the authors for contributing the papers that follow.