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Diffractive optics for high-resolution low-coherence digital holography

Gladys Mínguez-vegaPedro AndrésPere ClementeLluís Martínez-leónOmel Mendoza-yeroEnrique TajahuerceRaúl Martínez-cuencaJesús Lancis

subject

PhysicsOptical sectioningbusiness.industryHolographyPhysics::OpticsMichelson interferometerHolographic interferometrylaw.inventionInterferometryOpticslawOptoelectronicsbusinessImage resolutionDigital holographyCoherence (physics)

description

We study the properties of the recording of off-axis holograms when a 10 fs pulsed laser is used as illumination source. A proper optical design involving one diffractive lens outside a Michelson interferometer enables the recording of full-field off-axis holograms with high resolution and optical sectioning. We demonstrate our approach with some experimental results that show optical sectioning with a maximum resolution of 3.5 µm. We note that the axial resolution of the technique is reduced up to 9 µm when the object beam travels through a few millimeters of glass due to the pulse broadening along dispersive media.

https://doi.org/10.1109/wio.2010.5582502