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Chapter 1 introduced us to the functional diagram of the PDA and its main elements which determine the lowest detectable optical power: the photodetector and the amplifier. Now we can embark upon the main topic of the present book. First we shall meet the protagonist — the pulsed optical signal, and then the antagonist — the noise which interferes with the detection of the signal. We shall follow the path of the signal and noise through the functional units of the PDA, and discuss the possible ways of minimizing the noise.
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Trishenkov, M.A. (1997). Signal and Noise in Photodetecting Assemblies. In: Detection of Low-Level Optical Signals. Solid-State Science and Technology Library, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1290-9_2
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