Patent classifications
G03H2225/31
Holographic imaging device and holographic imaging method
The present invention provides a holographic imaging device and a holographic imaging method that have improved performance in which the influence of a refractive index of a cube-type beam coupler constituting an optical system is considered. The holographic imaging device 1 comprises the beam coupler 3 consisting of the cube-type beam splitter arranged between the object 4 and the image sensor 5 and the calculation reference light hologram generation unit 14 for generating an inline reference light hologram j.sub.L representing a light wave on the hologram plane 50 by performing a light wave propagation calculation including propagation inside the beam coupler 3, on a spherical wave emitted from the condensing point P2 of the inline spherical wave reference light L. The inline reference light hologram j.sub.L is a computer-generated hologram and used for generating an object light hologram g by removing component of the reference light L from a complex-amplitude inline hologram J.sub.OL representing the object light O and the inline spherical wave reference light L on the hologram plane 50.