Fourier-space properties of photon-limited noise in focal plane array data, calculated with the discrete fourier transform

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 777-790

  Lucke, Robert L ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS;

DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

EID: 0001489321     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.18.000777     Document Type: Article

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