Nonlinear self-filtering of noisy images via dynamical stochastic resonance

Nature Photonics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 323-328

  Dylov, Dmitry V ^a   Fleischer, Jason W ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS; COUPLING STRENGTHS; INCOHERENT LIGHT; INFORMATION LIMITS; NOISE STATISTICS; NONLINEAR COUPLING; SPATIAL COHERENCE RESONANCE; STOCHASTIC RESONANCES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

CIRCUIT RESONANCE;

EID: 77951842357     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2010.31     Document Type: Article

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