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Relationship between cutoff frequency and accuracy in time-interval photon statistics applied to oscillating signals

M A Rebolledo, J A Martinez-Betorz

    Applied Optics
    |June 16, 2010
    PubMed
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    This study analyzes how measurement precision affects the accuracy of oscillating signal period determination using photon statistics. Results show small errors in period determination when signal frequency is near the photon counting system

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