Twin-image reduction method for in-line digital holography using periphery and random reference phase-shifting techniques

Digital holography has the twin image problem that unwanted lights (conjugate and direct lights) overlap in the object light in the reconstruction process. As a method for extracting only the object light, phase-shifting digital holography is widely used; however, this method is not applicable for the observation of moving objects, because this method requires the recording of plural holograms. In this study, we propose a twin-image reduction method by combining the “periphery” method with the “random phase-shifting” method. The proposed method succeeded in improving the reconstruction quality, compared to other one-shot recording methods (“parallel phase-shifting digital holography” and “random phase-shifting”).