Open AccessSingle-shot incoherent color digital holographic microscopy system with static polarization-sensitive optical elements
Author(s) -
Tatsuki Tahara,
Tomoyoshi Ito,
Yasuyuki Ichihashi,
Ryutaro Oi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of optics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.918
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2040-8986
pISSN - 2040-8978
DOI - 10.1088/2040-8986/abb007
Subject(s) - optics , holography , digital holographic microscopy , beam splitter , microscope , spatial light modulator , polarization (electrochemistry) , physics , digital holography , microscopy , single shot , interference microscopy , laser , chemistry
We propose a digital holographic microscope for the single-shot multicolor three-dimensional (3D) image sensing of specimens illuminated by spatially and temporally incoherent white light. The proposed microscope exploits self-interference, single-shot phase-shifting incoherent digital holography, a polarization-imaging color image sensor, and static polarization-sensitive optical elements to generate two object waves with different curvature radii. The microscope does not require any spatial light modulator or a beam splitter, and can be constructed with a compact single-path optical setup. The color holographic 3D motion picture recording of spatially and temporally incoherent white light at a speed of 10 fps order is experimentally demonstrated with the proposed microscope.