“The coverage of topics is comprehensive and ranges from theoretical analysis of light diffraction and propagation to basic design of diffractive optical elements. This book can be recommended for undergraduate and graduate students, scientists, and engineers in industry as well as high school teachers and lecturers at universities."" - Jürgen Jahns, Chair of Micro- and Nanophotonics, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany ... Read more “Without a doubt, the authors have vast experience in the subject matter and have conveyed their expertise in a lucid manner in this excellent textbook. The MATLAB codes scattered throughout the book provide effective tools for practicing the various techniques and algorithms involved in designing DOEs.” - Joseph Rosen, Benjamin H. Swig Chair in Optoelectronics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Show Less