Noise and aliases in off-axis and phase-shifting holography.
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 a USAF target backlit with laser illumination, recorded with a charge-coupled device camera. We show that it is essential to remove the local oscillator beam noise, especially at low illumination levels.
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Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel, Laboratoire de Physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 8552, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 24 rue Lhomond 75231 Paris cedex 05, France. gross@lkb.ens.fr
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