Super-resolving volume holographic profilometry

Wenyang Sun; Arnab Sinha; George Barbastathis

doi:10.1117/12.563886

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22 October 2004 Super-resolving volume holographic profilometry

Wenyang Sun, Arnab Sinha, George Barbastathis

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Proceedings Volume 5557, Optical Information Systems II; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.563886
Event: Optical Science and Technology, the SPIE 49th Annual Meeting, 2004, Denver, Colorado, United States

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We address the use of transmission geometry volume holograms as depth-selective imaging elements in profilometry. We derive the point-spread function (PSF) of the volume holographic imaging system using volume diffraction theory and use the PSF to estimate depth resolution. Experimentally measured PSF and depth-selective images are presented to verify the theoretical predictions. Furthermore, we show that with prior knowledge of the object, depth resolution can be improved greatly with the method of inclined illumination. In more general cases, super resolution can also be achieved with digital post-processing methods such as Viterbi algorithm (VA). We show that computational complexity can be reduced with surface constraints. Resolution improvement by a factor of 5 was obtained in experimental demonstration.

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Wenyang Sun, Arnab Sinha, and George Barbastathis "Super-resolving volume holographic profilometry", Proc. SPIE 5557, Optical Information Systems II, (22 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.563886

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