I would like to arrive at the following expression for the quantity ##o_{\ell}## ( with "DM" for Dark Matter ):
##o_{\ell}=b_{s p}^2 C_{\ell}^{D M}+B_{s p}##
with Poisson noise ##B_{s p}=\frac{1}{\bar{n}}(\bar{n}## being the average number of galaxies observed). the index "sp" is for spectro...
I have the following expression for an error on a Cℓ :
##\sigma(C_{\ell,X})=\sqrt{\dfrac{2}{(2 \ell+1)\Delta\ell \,f_{\mathrm{sky}}}}\left[C_{\ell,X}+N_{X}(\ell)\right]##
where ##X## corresponds to spectroscopic/photometric shot noise and with ##\Delta\ell## is the bin width between 2 values...
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I would like to know the right expression for the expression of variance of Shot noise in spectroscopic probe.
Sometimes, I saw ##\sigma_{SN,sp}^{2} = 1/n_{sp}## with ##n_{sp}## the average density of galaxies, whereas my tutor tells me that ##\sigma_{SN,sp}^{2} = 1/n_{sp}^{2}## , so I...
My setup:
I have the an LED (LED370E) in front of a photodiode (S12915-16R). The photodiode is connected to an ADC (DT5751) which has a counting functionality. The way it works is that it counts how many times the signal goes above a certain threshold and makes a histogram out of it.
I know...
Not really sure where this belongs... But here goes:
If you illuminate a photo diode it generates a current because electrons are being emitted from its cathode. Since each emission is however an independent stochastic process the output current will be subject to fluctuations, which can be...
I frequently see the following circuit being used as a noise generator:
... where the transistors are basic npn bipolar transistors.
Some authors attribute the noise to shot noise while others say it is avalanche noise.
How do I determine which is correct?
Homework Statement
The output of a sensor which produces 10000 electrons is connected to parallel RC circuit with Resistance= 50 ohm, and the capacitance=10pF.
Calculate the signal to noise ratio at temperature 300K.
Homework Equations
SNR= 10 log (power of signal/ power of noise)
Or...
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I would greatly appreciate your advice.
I've been wrestling with a pesky noisy phototransistor for quite a long time, and am at wit's end.
The sensor is being used to transuce an audio signal in the 1-5kHz range. Unfortunately the shot noise is introducing...
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I have stumpled upon the following expression for the correlation function of the photocurrent shot noise for a photodiode
<\delta i(t)\delta i(t+\tau)> = \frac{e^2\eta}{h\nu}P\delta(\tau)
where η is the quantum efficiency and P the power in the signal. δ(τ) denotes the Dirac delta, which...
I am a bit confused over the frequency term that appears in Johnson and Shot noise formulae. What is this term?
Is it bandwidth? Of what? In relation to say a photodiode, is it the range of frequencies being detected?
And how would this relate to say a DC circuit which no frequency terms...
A battery of emf 9V, and negligible internal resistance, has a 100Kohm resistor connected across its terminals. What are the values of johnson and shot noise at a temperature of 20*C if the measurement bandwidth is 10KHz?
At what temperature would the johnson and shot noise contributions to...
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well I have 2 vectors in MATLAB each representing a signal+shot noise. I have to add them. Can anyone tell me what the signal noise ratio will be when they are added?
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I am reading about galaxy surveys.
I want to know what is shot noise ? how we estimate it
into real and Fourier space ? I am basically reading
astro-ph/0503603 & astro-ph/0503604. I am not able to solve exercise 4, 5, 6.
I will be thankful, if anybody can provide me some reference.