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How can I determine an error on total noise?

I am analyzing the data for an experiment, where we measured the total noise in a system. The total noise is defined as the variance of the signal (and is equal tot the integral over the noise ...
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Is there a graphical summary of which modulation technique to use in communication systems using Visible Light Communication techniques?

I am currently looking at various papers written (some listed at the bottom) that discuss how laser pulses can be modulated to send encoded messages to a receiver for communication systems. The more I ...
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Why can't we use the Neyman-Pearson likelihood ratio directly?

If you have a bunch of events and would like to choose a cut to distinguish background and signal, you can take the likelihood ratio $$ \lambda(\vec x) = \frac{f(\vec x| s)}{f(\vec x| b)} $$ and the ...
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What's the formula of SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio) to dipole antenna array (eg, LOFAR) look like?

It was wellknown that the SNR of single dish telescope reads $$s/n=\frac{P_s}{P_n}=\frac{P_{s}}{T_n}\sqrt{\frac{t}{B}},$$ where $P_s$ is the collected power, $T_n$ the noise temperature, $t$ the ...
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FFT on a signal with a length that is not a multiple of the period of its harmonics

I was very surprised to find an apparent limitation to a FFT on a simple signal. Let's consider a timeseries made of L=100 points, and simply composed of the sum of two sinus waves: one with a ...
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Measuring signal shorter than instrument response function

If one has a well-defined instrument response function (IRF) of some known full-width half maximum (FWHM), and they are measuring a signal that is shorter (but the shape is known), is it possible to ...
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