Single-shot digital holography by use of the fractional Talbot effect.
We present a method for recording in-line single-shot digital holograms based on the fractional Talbot effect. In our system, an image sensor records the interference between the light field scattered by the object and a properly codified parallel reference beam. A simple binary two-dimensional periodic grating is used to codify the reference beam generating a periodic three-step phase distribution over the sensor plane by fractional Talbot effect. This provides a method to perform single-shot phase-shifting interferometry at frame rates only limited by the sensor capabilities. Our technique is well adapted for dynamic wavefront sensing applications. Images of the object are digitally reconstructed from the digital hologram. Both computer simulations and experimental results are presented.
Martínez-León
Lluís
L
GROC.UJI, Departament de Física, Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Castelló, Spain.
Araiza-E
María
M
Javidi
Bahram
B
Andrés
Pedro
P
Climent
Vicent
V
Lancis
Jesús
J
Tajahuerce
Enrique
E
D003198:Computer Simulation; D004867:Equipment Design; D006696:Holography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D007368:Interferometry / Q000379:methods*; D007834:Lasers; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results