Method for eliminating zero-order image in digital holography

For eliminating the zero-order image in digital holography, a new method using the differential of the hologram intensity instead of the hologram itself for numerical reconstruction is proposed. This method is based on digital image processing. By analyzing the spatial spectrum of the off-axis digital hologram, it theoretically proves that the zero-order image can be effectively eliminated by differential before reconstruction. Then, the detected hologram is processed in the program with differential and reconstruction. Both the theoretical analysis and digital reconstruction results show that it can effectively eliminate the large bright spot in the center of the reconstructed image caused by the zero-order image, improve the image quality significantly, and render a better contrast of the reconstructed image. This method is very simple and convenient due to no superfluous optical elements and requiring only one time record.

Optically Digitalized Holography: A Perspective for All-Optical Machine Learning

Holography, which was invented by Dennis Gabor in 1948, offers an approach to reconstructing both the amplitude and phase information of a three-dimensional (3D) object [1]. Since its invention, the concept of holography has been widely used in various fields, such as microscopy [2], interferometry [3], ultrasonography [4], and holographic display [5]. Optical holography can be divided into two steps: recording and reconstruction. A conventional hologram is recorded onto a photosensitive film as the interference between an object beam carrying the 3D object information and a reference beam. Thereafter, the original object wavefront is reconstructed in the 3D image space by illuminating the reference beam on the recorded hologram.

Phase-shifting digital holography in image reconstruction

A phase-shifting digital holography scheme developed to investigate internal defects in artworks is described. Phase-shifting is utilized to obtain a clear reconstructed object wave from a rough surface texture. A reverse-transform algorithm is employed to reconstruct the object wave on its original position of unknown distance or the imaging position from the object wave information on the holographic plane. To get the clearest reconstruction the exact registration of the unknown distance is determined by applying the intensity sum as the auto-focusing function, The spatial resolution of the reconstruction image is also investigated for a variety of affecting factors. Laboratory results of reconstruction images under deformation are presented.

Optical encryption of multiple three-dimensional objects based on multiple interferences and single-pixel digital holography

We present an optical encryption method of multiple three-dimensional objects based on multiple interferences and single-pixel digital holography. By modifying the Mach-Zehnder interferometer, the interference of the multiple objects beams and the one reference beam is used to simultaneously encrypt multiple objects into a ciphertext. During decryption, each three-dimensional object can be decrypted independently without having to decrypt other objects. Since the single- pixel digital holography based on compressive sensing theory is introduced, the encrypted data of this method is effectively reduced. In addition, recording fewer encrypted data can greatly reduce the bandwidth of network transmission. Moreover, the compressive sensing essentially serves as a secret key that makes an intruder attack invalid, which means that the system is more secure than the conventional encryption method. Simulation results demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed method and show that the system has good security performance.

Incoherent digital holographic spectral imaging with high accuracy of image pixel registration

Fresnel incoherent correlation holography(FINCH) is a unique three-dimensional(3D) imaging technique which has the advantages of scanning-free,high resolution,and easy matching with existing mature optical systems.In this article,an incoherent digital holographic spectral imaging method with high accuracy of spectral reconstruction based on liquid crystal tunable filter(LCTF) and FINCH is proposed.Using the programmable characteristics of spatial light modulator(SLM),a series of phase masks,none of whose focal lengths changes with wavelength,is designed and made.For each wavelength of LCTF output,SLM calls three phase masks with different phase constants at the corresponding wavelength,and CCD records three holograms.The spectral images obtained by this method have a constant magnification,which can achieve pixel-level image registration,restrain image registration errors,and improve spectral reconstruction accuracy.The results show that this method can not only obtain the 3D spatial information and spectral information of the object simultaneously,but also have high accuracy of spectral reconstruction and excellent color reproducibility.

A new method of aperture synthetizing in digital holography

This paper proposes a new method of aperture synthetizing in digital holography based on the principle of holography.In the new method aperture synthetizing is achieved by reconstructing each sub-hologram respectively,firstly,moving each reconstructed wave field referred to the benchmark reconstructed wave field according to the relationship between spacial motion and frequency shift,and finally splicing them by using superposition. Two different recording ways,using plane wave to record and using spherical wave to record,are analyzed,and their moving formula is deduced,too.Simulation and experiment are done. The results show that in comparison with the traditional method of aperture synthetizing in digital holography,the new method can decrease calculation and save reconstructed time obviously which has better applicability.

Possibility to break through limitation of measurement range in dual-wavelength digital holography

By using the beat frequency technique,the dual-wavelength digital holography(DWDH)can greatly increase the measurement range of the system.However,the beat frequency technique has a limitation in measurement range.The measurement range is not larger than a synthetic wavelength.Here,to break through this limitation,we propose a novel DWDH method based on the constrained underdetermined equations,which consists of three parts:(i)prove that the constrained underdetermined equation has a unique integer solution,(ii)design an algorithm to search for the unique integer solution,(iii)introduce a third wavelength into the DWDH system,and design a corresponding algorithm to enhance the anti-noise performance of DWDH.As far as we know,it is the first time that we have discovered that the problem of DWDH can belong in a problem of contained underdetermined equations,and it is also the first time that we have given the mathematical proof for breaking through the limitation of the measurement range.A series of results is shown to test the theory and the corresponding algorithms.More importantly,since the principle of proposed DWDH is based on basic mathematical principles,it can be further extended to various fields,such as dual-wavelength microwave imaging and dual-wavelength coherent diffraction imaging.

Encrypted Sensing Based on Digital Holography for Fingerprint Images

We propose a novel biometric sensing technique for personal authentication in which fingerprint images are captured using an optical encryption method. This method can reduce the risk of data theft or leakage of personal information captured by biometric sensing. This method, termed encrypted sensing, is implemented using digital holography with double random phase encoding. We demonstrate experimentally that a fingerprint image can be captured as an optically encrypted image and can be restored correctly only when the correct cipher key is used. Moreover, we investigate experimentally the verification accuracy of the decrypted images.

Optical Image Encryption Based on Mixed Chaotic Maps and Single-Shot Digital Holography

Random phase masks play a key role in optical image encryption schemes based on double random phase technique. In this paper, a mixed chaotic method is proposed, which can efficiently solve some weaknesses that one-dimensional (1-D) single chaotic maps encounter to generate random phase masks. Based on the chaotic random phase masks, optical image encryption and decryption are realized with a single-shot digital holographic technique. In the proposed encryption scheme, the initial value and parameters of mixed chaotic maps serve as secret keys, which is convenient for the key management and transmission. Moreover, it also possesses high resistance against statistical attack, brute-force attack, noise attack and shear attack. Simulation results and security analysis verify the validity and security of the proposed encryption scheme. © 2017, Tianjin University and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Digital Holography-A New Paradigm In Imaging, Microscopy and Metrology

Digital Holography (DH) has brought a new impetus to the field of holography. The fields of imaging, microscopy and metrology have all benefited from these developments. In this paper some of these developments will be described with some applications in the fields of color imaging, amplitude and phase microscopy and dynamic metrology. It is envisaged that this field will rapidly advance in the next couple of years and become an expected imaging and measurement modality especially in the field of micro, nano and bio sciences.

Single-shot phase-shifting digital holography with a photon-sieve-filtering telescope

A method of single-shot phase-shifting digital holography with a photon-sieve-filtering telescope is proposed.Three copy images with different phases are first generated by use of a monofocal photon-sieve filter in Kepler telescope,and then interfere with the reference plane wave by a beam combiner.The hologram is captured by a charge-coupled device(CCD)in one single exposure.The complex-valued amplitude of the test object can be reconstructed by three-step phase-shifting interferometry through three frames of extracted sub-interferograms from the single-exposure hologram.The principle and simulation experiments are carried out and verified the validity of our proposed method.This method can be applied for snapshot imaging and three-dimensional object construction.

Characteristic of femtosecond laser-pulsed digital holography

Digital holography can be applied to ultrafast detection when a femtosecond laser pulse is used. In this paper, the interference process of two femtosecond laser pulses is studied and the recording process of the femtosecond laser pulsed digital hologram is simulated. Holograms at different recording angles are generated by integrating the instantaneous interference field. By analyzing the distribution of the reconstructed phase error, the characteristics of femtosecond laser pulsed digital holography are discussed.

Speckle reduction by selective spatial-domain mask in digital holography

An improved method of using a selective spatial-domain mask to reduce speckle noise in digital holography is proposed.The sub-holograms are obtained from the original hologram filtered by the binary masks including a shifting aperture for being reconstructed. Normally, the speckle patterns of these sub-reconstructed images are different. The speckle intensity of the final reconstructed image is suppressed by averaging the favorable sub-reconstructed images which are selected based on the most optimal pixel intensity sub-range in the sub-holograms. Compared with the conventional spatial-domain mask method, the proposed method not only reduces the speckle noise more effectively with fewer sub-reconstructed images,but also reduces the redundant information used in the reconstruction process.

用Michelson光路结构实现IN-LINE数字全息实验

文献[1]介绍了用CCD作为探测接收装置记录了离轴全息图,利用抽样理论和数字处理技术再现了物体的实像.利用上述原理设计了一种方法实现同轴全息图的记录和再现.

Vibration parameter measurement using the temporal digital hologram sequence and windowed Fourier transform

Real time digital recording and numerical reconstruction of a temporal digital hologram sequence have become feasible in recent years.They provide a new measurement method which enjoys the valuable advantages of being full-field,noncontact and high precision.In this paper,a combined method of temporal digital hologram sequence and windowed Fourier transform is proposed to measure the kinematic parameters of random vibration.A series of holograms are recorded by CCD camera and the original phase can be reconstructed by Fresnel reconstruction algorithm.The three-dimensional windowed Fourier transform is used to filter noise in phase and extract the instantaneous kinematic parameters of the specimen,such as the displacement,velocity and acceleration.An experiment is conducted on a chloroprene rubber latex membrane.Results demonstrate that the proposed method determines the vibration parameters precisely and enjoys many merits.

The recording of digital hologram at short distance and reconstruction using convolution approach

By adopting in-line lensless Fourier setup and phase-shifting technique, we recorded the phase-shifting digital hologram at short distance. As the Fresnel diffraction condition is no longer valid, the convolution approach is chosen for the reconstruction. However, the simulated reference wave for the reconstruction would suffer from severe undersampling due to the comparatively large pixel size. To solve this problem, sine-interpolation is introduced to get the pixel-size of the hologram reduced prior to the reconstruction. The experimental results show that an object image of high fidelity is obtained with this method.

基于数字全息的模糊图像复原技术研究

采用数字全息方法研究物体经散射介质(毛玻璃)成像复原机理。首先,在菲涅尔离轴数字全息原理的基础上,建立了数字全息记录与再现的数学模型。然后,设计和搭建了全息散射成像系统,建立了毛玻璃的数学模型,并提出一种消除毛玻璃散斑噪声的算法,利用菲涅耳再现算法对实验得到的数字全息图进行再现。最后,用频谱滤波法对全息图再处理后进行再现。实验结果验证了理论算法和实验方法的正确性,为今后物体经过复杂介质的图像复原的深入研究提供了帮助。

数字全息显微中相位像差校正技术综述

数字全息显微技术是数字全息技术与显微技术的结合,兼备两种技术的优点,为微纳领域的定量三维测量提供了一种无损、无标记、准确和近实时的测量手段。然而,由于元件缺陷和失调以及环境扰动等原因,会在数字全息显微测量结果中额外引入相位像差。为了获得准确的定量相位测量结果,必须对像差成因和主要成分进行分析,然后补偿和校正像差。这篇综述介绍了数字全息显微成像测量中主要的像差来源和影响,基于实现的方式对现有的像差校正方法进行了综述,并展望了未来像差校正领域的发展方向,为从事数字全息检测研究的研究者提供参考。

并行相移同轴数字全息偏振成像方法

为了研究并行相移同轴数字全息系统中偏振态传输的问题,提出考虑偏振的并行相移同轴数字全息系统的修正模型,并依据此模型提出偏振成像方法。首先,介绍了理想情况下并行相移同轴数字全息的原理,然后,介绍了考虑偏振的并行相移同轴数字全息修正模型,最后,基于此模型提出了实现偏振成像的方法。实验结果验证了模型的可行性,通过这种方法可以得到外表信息,成像分辨率可达到14μm。该方法扩充了数字全息系统的功能,通过该系统可以对物体的偏振态进行成像。