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Noise and aliases in off-axis and phase-shifting holography

Optics 2009-11-13 v1

Abstract

We have compared the respective efficiencies of off-axis and phase-shifting holography in terms of noise and aliases removal. The comparison is made by analyzing holograms of an USAF target backlit with laser illumination, recorded with a charge-coupled device camera. We show that it is essential to remove the LO beam noise, especially at low illumination levels.

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@article{arxiv.0804.2133,
  title  = {Noise and aliases in off-axis and phase-shifting holography},
  author = {Michel Gross and Michael Atlan and Emilie Absil},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.2133},
  year   = {2009}
}