Suppression of image autocorrelation artefacts in spectral domain optical coherence tomography and multiwave digital holography

An improved method for suppressing image artefacts in spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD OCT) and multiwave digital holography, caused by the influence of coherent noise in the course of successive registration of an autocorrelation component and informative signal is reported. The method allows complete suppression of all types of coherent noises, provided that the sample of values used to record the autocorrelation component satisfies the conditions of Kotelnikov's theorem: in SD OCT — for the transverse structure of the studied medium, in multiwave digital holography — for the envelop function of the radiation source frequency tuning spectrum.