1. At least a complex waveform, at least an apparatus which embeds or otherwise modulates the waveform into a coherent beam, at least an object to be holographed which is positioned in space, at least a holographic recording medium, at least an apparatus used for recording and reconstructing holograms including at least a beamsplitter for splitting the coherent beam into an object and reference beam, and at least a means of sampling the reconstruction space for detecting relative strength of the object recorded and reconstructed with respect to other similar objects recorded and reconstructed.