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Digital Holography at Shot Noise Level

By a proper arrangement of a digital holography setup, that combines off-axis geometry with phase-shifting recording conditions, it is possible to reach the theoretical shot noise limit, in real-time experiments.We studied this limit, and we show that it corresponds to 1 photo-electron per pixel wit...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2012-06
Main Authors: Verpillat, Frédéric, Joud, Fadwa, Atlan, Michael, Gross, Michel
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Language:English
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Summary:By a proper arrangement of a digital holography setup, that combines off-axis geometry with phase-shifting recording conditions, it is possible to reach the theoretical shot noise limit, in real-time experiments.We studied this limit, and we show that it corresponds to 1 photo-electron per pixel within the whole frame sequence that is used to reconstruct the holographic image. We also show that Monte Carlo noise synthesis onto holograms measured at high illumination levels enables accurate representation of the experimental holograms measured at very weak illumination levels. An experimental validation of these results is done.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1206.1591