Charrière, FlorianRappaz, BenjaminKühn, JonasColomb, TristanMarquet, PierreDepeursinge, Christian2009-07-202009-07-202009-07-20200710.1364/OE.15.008818https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/41629WOS:00024839390003510965Digital Holographic Microscopy (DHM) is a single shot interferometric technique, which provides quantitative phase images with subwavelength axial accuracy. A short hologram acquisition time (down to microseconds), allows DHM to offer a reduced sensitivity to vibrations, and real time observation is achievable thanks to present performances of personal computers and charge coupled devices (CCDs). Fast dynamic imaging at low-light level involves few photons, requiring proper camera settings (integration time and gain of the CCD; power of the light source) to minimize the influence of shot noise on the hologram when the highest phase accuracy is aimed. With simulated and experimental data, a systematic analysis of the fundamental shot noise influence on phase accuracy in DHM is presented.[MVD]Coherence and statistical opticsNoise in imaging systemsPhoton statisticsHolographyComputer holographyInstrumentationmeasurementmetrologyPhase measurementtext::journal::journal article::research article