Acoustooptic spectral estimation: a statistical analysis

Open Access

15 February 1981

journal article
Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics

Vol. 20 (4) , 601-605
https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.20.000601

Abstract

The power spectral density estimate obtained by an acoustooptic (AO) system is analyzed. We find that the variance of the estimate depends on the ratio T2/T1, where T1 is the aperture of the AO cell and T2 is the integration time of the detector.

Keywords

VARIANCE
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
DETECTOR
SPECTRAL ESTIMATION
POWER SPECTRAL
ACOUSTOOPTIC
T2/T1
ANALYSIS THE POWER

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