Digital reconstructions of numerical holograms enable data visualization and serve a multitude of purposes ranging from microscopy to holographic displays. Over the years, many pipelines have been developed for specific hologram types. Within the standardization effort of JPEG Pleno holography, an open-source MATLAB toolbox was developed that reflects the best current consensus. It can process Fresnel, angular spectrum, and Fourier–Fresnel holograms with one or more color channels; it also allows for diffraction-limited numerical reconstructions. The latter provides a way to reconstruct holograms at their intrinsic physical instead of an arbitrarily chosen numerical resolution. The Numerical Reconstruction Software for Holograms v10 supports all large public data sets featured by UBI, BCOM, ETRI, and ETRO, in their native and vertical off-axis binary forms. Through the release of this software, we hope to improve the reproducibility of research, thus enabling consistent comparison of data between research groups and the quality of specific numerical reconstructions.
Birnbaum, T, Kizhakkumkara Muhamad, R, Perra, C, Gilles, A, Blinder, D, Kozacki, T & Schelkens, P 2023, 'JPEG Pleno Holography presents the numerical reconstruction software for holograms: An excursion in holographic views', Appl. Optics, vol. 62, no. 10, pp. 2462-2469. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.483357
Birnbaum, T., Kizhakkumkara Muhamad, R., Perra, C., Gilles, A., Blinder, D., Kozacki, T., & Schelkens, P. (2023). JPEG Pleno Holography presents the numerical reconstruction software for holograms: An excursion in holographic views. Appl. Optics, 62(10), 2462-2469. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.483357
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title = "JPEG Pleno Holography presents the numerical reconstruction software for holograms: An excursion in holographic views",
abstract = "Digital reconstructions of numerical holograms enable data visualization and serve a multitude of purposes ranging from microscopy to holographic displays. Over the years, many pipelines have been developed for specific hologram types. Within the standardization effort of JPEG Pleno holography, an open-source MATLAB toolbox was developed that reflects the best current consensus. It can process Fresnel, angular spectrum, and Fourier–Fresnel holograms with one or more color channels; it also allows for diffraction-limited numerical reconstructions. The latter provides a way to reconstruct holograms at their intrinsic physical instead of an arbitrarily chosen numerical resolution. The Numerical Reconstruction Software for Holograms v10 supports all large public data sets featured by UBI, BCOM, ETRI, and ETRO, in their native and vertical off-axis binary forms. Through the release of this software, we hope to improve the reproducibility of research, thus enabling consistent comparison of data between research groups and the quality of specific numerical reconstructions.",
author = "Tobias Birnbaum and {Kizhakkumkara Muhamad}, Raees and Cristian Perra and Antonin Gilles and David Blinder and Tomasz Kozacki and Peter Schelkens",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgment. This research was funded by the Research Foundation, Flanders (FWO), and by the French government through the National Research Agency (ANR) Investment referenced and through Narodowe Centrum Nauki. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 Optica Publishing Group.",
year = "2023",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1364/AO.483357",
language = "English",
volume = "62",
pages = "2462--2469",
journal = "Appl. Optics",
issn = "1559-128X",
publisher = "The Optical Society",
number = "10",
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