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It is well known that electronic amplifiers introduce noise. The noise can be heard in any radio receiver tuned between stations. Some of the noise comes from the environment, but most of the noise is generated internally in the amplifiers. One source of amplifier noise is the shot noise that accompanies a flow of electric current. Another source is thermal noise, emitted by any resistor at any given temperature. Amplification is a nonequilibrium process, and thus amplification involves noise sources other than thermal sources.
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Haus, H.A. (2000). Shot Noise and Thermal Noise. In: Electromagnetic Noise and Quantum Optical Measurements. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04190-1_5
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