• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 7, Issue 12, 1134 (2009)
Invited Paper
Author Affiliations
  • Joseph Rosen, Barak Katz1, and Gary Brooker2*
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL20090712.1134 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Invited Paper. Fresnel incoherent correlation hologram-a review[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2009, 7(12): 1134 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Holographic imaging offers a reliable and fast method to capture the complete three-dimensional (3D) information of the scene from a single perspective. We review our recently proposed single-channel optical system for generating digital Fresnel holograms of 3D real-existing objects illuminated by incoherent light. In this motionless holographic technique, light is reflected, or emitted from a 3D object, propagates through a spatial light modulator (SLM), and is recorded by a digital camera. The SLM is used as a beamsplitter of the single-channel incoherent interferometer, such that each spherical beam originated from each object point is split into two spherical beams with two different curve radii. Incoherent sum of the entire interferences between all the couples of spherical beams creates the Fresnel hologram of the observed 3D object. When this hologram is reconstructed in the computer, the 3D properties of the object are revealed.