Anderson, Peter A.2021-08-132021-08-132021https://hdl.handle.net/2097/41654Since its conception, holography has been applied to everything from microscopy and interferometry to art and security. Two separate applications of holography are discussed in detail. In the first project, holography is used to obtain a measurement of the extinction cross section of various micron sized particles, which are compared to the discrete dipole approximation (DDA) cross sectional values. We are also interested in the structure of ``fairy castles'', a model developed to explain the photometric behavior of the surface of the moon. A holographic solution in conjunction with phase unwrapping is obtained, and the basics of phase unwrapping are discussed.en-US© the author. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/HolographyHologramExtinctionSurfacePhase unwrappingTopographyThesis