Super-Resolved Digital Holography Based on the Coherent Diffraction Imaging Scheme

An algorithm is proposed to enhance the resolution of digital holography by retrieving the frequency components lost in common holograms. A pinhole is placed directly behind the specimen to record the hologram, and an iterative scheme commonly used in coherent diffraction imaging is adopted for the reconstruction. Since some of the frequency components lost in common digital holography can be properly retrieved, the resolution of the reconstructed image is remarkably improved. Theoretical analysis and computer simulations are presented to demonstrate the feasibility of this proposed technique.