Exploring shot noise and Laser Doppler imagery with heterodyne holography

Abstract: Heterodyne Holography is a variant of Digital Holography, where the optical frequencies of signal and reference arms can be freely adjusted by acousto-optic modulators. Heterodyne Holography is an extremely versatile and reliable holographic technique, which is able the reach the shot noise limit in sensitivity at very low levels of signal. Frequency tuning enables Heterodyne Holography to become a Laser Doppler imaging technique that is able to analyze various kinds of motion.