Kramers–Kronig holographic imaging for high-space-bandwidth product

Abstract

Modern optical imaging possesses a huge information capacity whose corresponding space-bandwidth product (SBP) reaches tens of megapixels. However, despite the advances in optical and electronic devices, the SBP of an optical microscope is greatly limited, resulting in a reduced field of view or resolution of an image. In this paper, we exploit the Kramers–Kronig relations in digital holography to achieve high SBP imaging, demonstrating a complex amplitude image that can surpass the SBP of a bright-field image. The capability of the proposed method is demonstrated by imaging static samples and biological tissues. We successfully measure a 4.2-megapixel complex amplitude image whose bright-field counterpart exhibits 16.7 megapixels.