Abstract
The effect of temporally partial coherent light on noise performance of a whitelight optical signal processor is presented. The output signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is used as a means of measuring noise performance of the proposed whitelight processing system. The noise sources considered are the grain-noise and phase-noise at any plane in the system. The result shows that the set-up noise can be restrained and the output SNR can be improved considerably by using broad band temporally partial coherent illumination.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 385-393 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Guangxue Xuebao/Acta Optica Sinica |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 5 |
State | Published - May 1987 |