Thermal noise and correlations in photon detection

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 25, 2003, Pages 4989-5008

  Zmuidzinas, Jonas ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT RADIATION; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTONS; THERMAL NOISE;

PHOTON DETECTIONS;

OPTICAL CORRELATION;

EID: 0042280934     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.004989     Document Type: Article

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