Holographic digitizer illuminator with mutually variant wavelengths

A method of illuminating at least one physical object for holographic imaging, comprising:

• emitting a spectrum of coherent radiation with a single radiation source;
• dispersing the emitted spectrum into a plurality of beams of differing wavelengths;
• selecting a plurality of the beams;
• and
• directing at least portions of the plurality of selected beams toward the at least one physical object and generating corresponding reference beams,
• wherein the wavelengths of all the beams are mutually variant.

A computer program product for illuminating at least one physical object for holographic imaging, comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium with computer-executable instructions tangibly embodied thereon that, when executed by a processor, perform the steps of:

• emitting a spectrum of coherent radiation with a single radiation source;
• dispersing the emitted spectrum into a plurality of beams of differing wavelengths;
• selecting a plurality of the beams;
• and
• directing at least portions of the plurality of selected beams toward the at least one physical object and generating corresponding reference beams,
• wherein the wavelengths of all the beams are mutually variant.

A system for illuminating at least one physical object for holographic imaging, comprising:

• means for emitting a spectrum of coherent radiation using a single radiation source;
• means for dispersing the emitted spectrum into a plurality of beams of differing wavelengths;
• means for selecting a plurality of the beams;
• and
• means for directing at least portions of the plurality of selected beams toward the at least one physical object and generating corresponding reference beams,
• wherein the wavelengths of all the beams are mutually variant.