I am interested in the methods to reduce the speckle noise in acquisition stage, but I am also interested in the speckle noise reduction in post-processing stage. Do you have any references?
Concerning the acquisition stage, if your start point is a long coherence length laser (gas, laser diode), you can use a RGG (Rotating Ground Glass) diffusor.
Article Partial coherence effects in digital holographic microscopy ...
F. Yaras, H. Kang, and L. Onural, "Real-time phase-only color holographic video display system using LED illumination," Appl. Opt. 48, H48-H53 (2009).
I used LED to illuminate sinusoidal phase grating recorded as an analog thin hologram or generated by a SLM to produce sinusoidal fringes with reduced speckle noise for optical metrology.
A speckle noise reduction is a hard problem. I can recommend a time average. Many years ago I received an impressive result using a laser illumination through a cuvette with milk. I suppose that a liquid crystal can be used instead of milk.
To reduce speckle noise in the reconstruction of a hologram, we use a spinning diffuser and a sheet of holographic diffuser. The holographic sheet diffusers are specified by angles. We use either the 10 degree or 15 degree holographic diffuser. The spinning diffuser was originally a spinning aperture, bought commercially. We cut a disc of sheet protector film to make the 5 degree spinning diffuser. The combination of a static and a spinning diffuser completely eliminates the speckle noise.
You might also see the full reference text "Chapter: Vibration Measurement by Speckle Interferometry between High Spatial and High Temporal Resolution" on my researchgate page.