SOURCE-NOISE LIMITATION OF FIBEROPTIC METHANE SENSORS

Authors
JIN W STEWART G CULSHAW B MURRAY S
Citation
W. Jin et al., SOURCE-NOISE LIMITATION OF FIBEROPTIC METHANE SENSORS, Applied optics, 34(13), 1995, pp. 2345-2349
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
34
Issue
13
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2345 - 2349
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1995)34:13<2345:SLOFMS>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The effect of source (LED) noise on the sensitivity of fiber-optic met hane sensors is discussed. Once the source is dominant, the system sen sitivity cannot be improved by increasing the source power further.