Photon-noise-limited operation of intensified CCD cameras

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 5288-5297

  Frenkel, A ^a,b   Sartor, M A ^a   Wlodawski, M S ^a  

^a Xybion Corporation   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICS; PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

NOISE EQUIVALENT IRRADIANCE; POINT SPREAD FUNCTION;

CAMERAS;

EID: 0031213106     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.005288     Document Type: Article

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