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A method to detect the focal image plane from a single off-axis digital particle hologram is proposed. This method utilizes the central coordinate point spectral value of the reconstructed particle image as focusing criterion to detect the focal image plane. It is found that the central coordinate point spectral values come into maximum when the reconstruction distance is equal to the actual distance that was used in experiment of hologram acquisition. Numerical simulations are given to validate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method. The proposed method is a potential and better option for studying three dimensional particles by using digital holography.
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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.61204068 and Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.LY15F040002 and No.LQ14E020002. And we also thank the reviewers and editors for their useful suggestions.
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Qiu, P., Deng, L. & Lu, W. Focal Image Plane Detection Based on Central Coordinate Point Spectral Value in Off-Axis Digital Particle Holography. 3D Res 6, 39 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13319-015-0071-6
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