Resolution Enhancement in Digital Holography through Adaptive Speckle Illumination

Gerd Häusler1, Christian Faber2, Antonius Schiebelbein, Tobias Schmitt-Manderbach, Carsten Glasenapp, Giancarlo Pedrini, Stephan Reichelt
  1. 1Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
  2. 2Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Industrial Engineering, Landshut University of Applied Sciences

antonius [dot] schiebelbein [at] zeiss [dot] com

We demonstrate Speckle Illumination Digital Holography (SIDH), which improves lateral resolution by combining multiple decorrelated speckle illuminations. Experiments with a USAF test target confirm the resolution gains, although higher numerical illumination apertures reduce contrast.

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@inproceedings{dgao127-s1, title = {Resolution Enhancement in Digital Holography through Adaptive Speckle Illumination}, author = {Gerd Häusler, Christian Faber, Antonius Schiebelbein, Tobias Schmitt-Manderbach, Carsten Glasenapp, Giancarlo Pedrini, Stephan Reichelt}, booktitle = {DGaO-Proceedings, 127. Jahrestagung}, year = {2026}, publisher = {Deutsche Gesellschaft für angewandte Optik e.V.}, issn = {1614-8436}, note = {Talk S1} }
127. Annual Conference of the DGaO · Hamburg · 2026