QUANTUM LIMITATIONS TO ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNAL MEASUREMENTS.

Abstract

Scientific results are reported on work directed toward obtaining the understanding of the fundamental principles of photoelectron counting statistics needed for the application of photoelectron counting as a means of demodulating low intensity optical communication signals. A simulated optical communication system featuring a photoelectron counter system was assembled and made functional. A mathematical representation was developed which permits representing photoelectron counts similarly to noisy communication signals. The Poisson transform signal representation, developed previously, was applied to digital filtering. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0706930

Entities

People

  • Bruce C. Lutz
  • L. Paul Bolgiano Jr.

Organizations

  • University of Delaware

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Systems
  • Data Science
  • Filtration
  • Information Science
  • Intensity
  • Measurement
  • Optical Communications
  • Photoelectrons
  • Statistics
  • Telemetry

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Statistical inference.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Computing