Optimum photon detection with a simple counting processor

被引：9

作者：

Teich, Malvin Carl ^{[1
]}

Prucnal, Paul R. ^{[1
]}

Vannucci, Giovanni ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Columbia Univ, New York, NY 10027 USA

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 1977年 / 1卷 / 06期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1364/OL.1.000208

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

It is shown that, for an arbitrary discrete process embedded in independent additive discrete noise, the classical binary detection problem using a likelihood-ratio test reduces to a simple comparison of the number of events with a single threshold. Only a weak condition on the noise distribution is required. Our results are appropriate for the analysis of photocounting optical communications and photocounting radar systems as well as neural counting in auditory psychophysics. We specifically apply our method to a signal-detection theory model of the human visual system and draw a comparison to the analysis of Hecht, Shlaer, and Pirenne [J.Gen. Physiol. 25, 819 (1942)].

引用

页码：208 / 210

页数：3

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