Dr Vincent Toal
IEO Executive Director

Tel: +353-1-4024560

Fax: +353-1-4024988

Email: vincent.toal@dit.ie

Holography PHYS4810 DT222/4 S1 2006-7

Holography presentation 3rd Feb 2005

Brief Biography
Educated at University College Dublin (BSc 1968), Queens University Belfast (MSc 1969), and University of Surrey (PhD 1976), worked at Hawker Siddeley Dynamics 1969-71 joined DIT 1974. Assistant Head of DIT School of Physics 1995, Head of DIT School of Physics 1996.

1987, Visiting researcher, Centro de Investigaciones en Optica, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico (holographic recording materials)
1988, RIA, Senior Visiting Fellowship , Nuclear Research Centre, Leningrad (holography)
1992, Visiting Researcher, University of Trondheim, Norway (speckle interferometry)
FinstP 1997

2001-2, Visiting researcher,Trinity College Dublin (speckle interferometry)
2002, 2003, 2004 Visiting Scientist, EU Joint Research Centre, (holographic devices)
Vice-chairman, EU COST Action, Optical Data Storage and Processing 2002-2006.

Research Interests
30 years experience in applied optics, holographic applications, speckle interferometery and optical metrology and non-destructive evaluation.

Recent Publications

"Phase-stepped gauge block interferometry using a frequency-tunable visible laser diode," M. O'Hora, B. Bowe, and V. Toal, Appl. Opt. 45, 5607-5613 (2006)

“Acrylamide-based photopolymer for microholographic data storage”, R. Jallapuram, I.Naydenova, S.Martin, R.G.Howard, V.Toal, S.Frohmann, S.Orlic, H.J.Eichler, Optical materials, Vol. 28, pp. 1329-1333, 2006

“Compact electronic speckle pattern interferometer using a near infrared diode laser and a reflection holographic optical element”, Guntaka, S.R., Sainov, V., Toal, V., Martin, S., Petrova, T., Harizanova, J., J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 8, 182-188, (2006).

"Photopolymer Diffractive Optical Elements in Electronic Speckle Pattern Shearing Interferometry", E. Mihaylova, I. Naydenova, Barry Duignan, S. Martin, V. Toal, Optics and Laser in Engineering, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 10 October 2005.

"Holographic patterning of acrylamide–based photopolymer surface" I. Naydenova, E. Mihaylova, S. Martin, V. Toal, Optics Express, V. 13 (13), pp. 4878-4889, 2005

"Characterisation of an acrylamide-based photopolymer for data storage utilizing holographic angular multiplexing", Sherif, H., Naydenova, I., Martin, S., McGinn, C. and Toal, V. , J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt, 7, (2005) 255-260

“Investigations of the diffusion processes in a self-processing acrylamide-based photopolymer system”, Naydenova I., Martin S., Jallapuram R., Howard R., Toal V., Applied Optics, 43, 2900-2905, 2004.

“Electronic Speckle Pattern Shearing Interferometer with a Photopolymer Holographic Grating” Mihaylova E., Naydenova I., Martin S., Toal V., Applied Optics, 43, 2439-2442, 2004.

“A simple phase-shifting lateral shearing interferometer”, Mihaylova E., Whelan M., Toal V., Optics Letters, 29,1264,2004

“Holographic and Electronic Speckle-Pattern Interferometry using a Photopolymer Recording Material”, Guntaka S. R. , Toal V. , Martin S., Strain, 40,79-82,2004

“Mechanical characterization of unplasticised polyvinylchloride thick pipes by optical methods”. Mihaylova E., Potelon B., Reddy S., Toal V., Smith C., Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 41,889-900,2004

“A simple approach to phase holography” V. Toal, American Journal of Physics, vol.71,9,948-9,2003

“Holographically recorded photopolymer diffractive optical element for holographic and electronic speckle-pattern interferometry” Guntaka S. R., Toal V. and Martin S., Applied Optics, 41,, 7475-7479, 2002.

"Dual in-plane ESPI system with electro-optic switching and phase shifting" Bowe B., Martin S., Toal V., Langhoff A. and Whelan M., Applied Optics,38,4,1-8 (1999).

“White light interferometric surface profiler”, B. Bowe and V. Toal, Optical Engineering, 37, 1796-1799, 1998

"Applications of a self developing photopolymer material: Holographic interferometry and high efficiency diffractive optical elements ", Martin S., Feely C. A., Sheridan J .T., Toal V., Optical Memory and Neural Networks, 7, 79-87, March 1998.

"Holographic Characteristics of an Acrylamide Based Recording Material", Martin S., Feely C.A., Toal V., Applied Optics, 36, 5757, (1997)

"Characterisation of an acrylamide-based dry photopolymer holographic recording material" Martin S., Leclere P., Renotte Y., Toal V. and Lion Y., Optical Engineering, 33, no. 12, 3942 (1995).