Quasi one-shot phase-shifting digital holography

The quasi one-shot phase-shifting digital holography using phase difference of orthogonal polarizations is proposed. The use of orthogonal polarizations can make it possible to record two phase-shifted holograms simultaneously. By combining the holograms with distributions of a reference wave and an object wave, the complex field of the wavefront of a 3D object can be obtained. As two phase-shifted holograms can be obtained simultaneously in the proposed method, even a moving object can be recorded.