Talbot self-image effect in digital holography and its application to spectrometry

For the first time to the authors' knowledge, the Talbot effect has been observed and investigated in digital holography. By numerical reconstruction of holograms, the Talbot self-imaging phenomenon is observed by reconstruction of the amplitude of the image at different distances and (or) wavelengths. A simple spectrometer based on Talbot self-imaging in digital holography is proposed and demonstrated.