Abstract

We present a new form of volume holographic imaging with rainbow illumination. High depth resolution is obtained because each quasi-monochromatic band of the rainbow acts as a depth-selective confocal slit. The color slits work in parallel to achieve a wide field of view (FoV) and so the need to scan in one lateral dimension is eliminated. Our experiments demonstrated $<250\text{-}\mu \mathrm{m}$ depth resolution over an $\approx 15°$ FoV at a $50\text{-}\mathrm{mm}$ working distance.

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