We present a compact self-interference incoherent digital holography(SIDH)system that incorporates a quarter-waveplate(QWP)-based geometric phase(GP)lens to achieve high-fidelity,full-color holographic imaging under b...We present a compact self-interference incoherent digital holography(SIDH)system that incorporates a quarter-waveplate(QWP)-based geometric phase(GP)lens to achieve high-fidelity,full-color holographic imaging under broadband incoherent illumination.Traditional SIDH systems that utilize half-waveplate(HWP)-based GP lenses are hindered by unavoidable triple-wavefront polarization interference,stemming from chromatic dispersion in phase retardation.This interference introduces color-dependent artifacts in the reconstructed images.In contrast,our QWP-based design inherently suppresses such interference by using the non-diffracted beam as the reference,enabling stable dual-wavefront modulation.This approach produces phase-encoded polarization interference patterns that remain spectrally consistent across the red,green,and blue(RGB)channels.Experimental results demonstrate substantial noise suppression and significantly improved full-color image fidelity,supported by channelspecific noise analysis and structural similarity metrics.The system also preserves a simplified optical configuration without active polarization control,allowing for compact integration and cost-effective fabrication.These advantages position the proposed QWP-GP SIDH architecture as a promising solution for portable,real-time digital holographic 3D imaging,with scalable potential in applications such as augmented reality,optical diagnostics,and spectral holography.展开更多
基金supported by the National Research Foundation(NRF)funded by the Korean government(MSIT)(No.RS-2024-00416272)supported by Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute(ETRI)grant funded by ICT R&D program of MSIT/IITP[2019-0-00001,Development of Holo-TV Core Technologies for Hologram Media Services].
文摘We present a compact self-interference incoherent digital holography(SIDH)system that incorporates a quarter-waveplate(QWP)-based geometric phase(GP)lens to achieve high-fidelity,full-color holographic imaging under broadband incoherent illumination.Traditional SIDH systems that utilize half-waveplate(HWP)-based GP lenses are hindered by unavoidable triple-wavefront polarization interference,stemming from chromatic dispersion in phase retardation.This interference introduces color-dependent artifacts in the reconstructed images.In contrast,our QWP-based design inherently suppresses such interference by using the non-diffracted beam as the reference,enabling stable dual-wavefront modulation.This approach produces phase-encoded polarization interference patterns that remain spectrally consistent across the red,green,and blue(RGB)channels.Experimental results demonstrate substantial noise suppression and significantly improved full-color image fidelity,supported by channelspecific noise analysis and structural similarity metrics.The system also preserves a simplified optical configuration without active polarization control,allowing for compact integration and cost-effective fabrication.These advantages position the proposed QWP-GP SIDH architecture as a promising solution for portable,real-time digital holographic 3D imaging,with scalable potential in applications such as augmented reality,optical diagnostics,and spectral holography.
