Aportes de la Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana a la historia de la Holografía en Cuba

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Abstract

Holography is a technique that makes it possible to obtain three-dimensional optical images of different types of objects. The unique quality that allows a hologram to produce an optical duplicate of an object makes it a potentially useful means of social education and teaching for the dissemination and understanding of Cuba's national heritage. The Physics Department of the José Antonio Echeverría Technological University of Havana, CUJAE has successfully implemented the technique of artistic holography in Cuba, successfully applying it to museology because of university outreach work, and has contributed, for the first time, experience in the teaching of this technique in physics education. The implementation in Cuba of Artistic Holography applied to Museology has allowed the dissemination of unique works that require special conditions of conservation and protection in important holographic exhibitions built in important museums in the country, highlighting the one in the Plaza Antonio Maceo in Santiago de Cuba, the José Martí Memorial in the Plaza de la Revolución, the Hemingway Museum and its exhibition hall in the Hotel Ambos Mundos, the one in the Monumental Complex of San Pedro de Bauta and the one in the Birthplace of José Martí. The contribution of having the complete history of Holography at CUJAE, which is the country's history, allows for the preservation and dissemination of the research results obtained for more than 40 years by the Cujae Holography Research Group, which has demonstrated and maintained recognized national and international leadership in the field and with significant outreach output with applications in important museums in the country and in university physics teaching