Jesús Atencia received his Ph.D. degree in the Applied Physics Department, University of Zaragoza, Spain, in 1997. After a year's stay as postdoctoral research scientist at University of Salamanca, Spain, and at the Laboratory of Research in Combustion Technologies, Spain, he joined the Applied Physics Department of the University of Zaragoza as Lecturer. In 2002, he was promoted to Senior Lecturer. His research interests are holography, holographic recording materials, colour holography, and holographic optical elements for specific purposes, such as vortex generation, pulse compression, solar concentration, and fiber mode detection.