We study the theoretical noise limitations of a spectrally resolved Michelson interferometer operating in a multispeckle and photon-counting mode. We derive an expression of the signal-to-noise ratio of the fringe modulation in the (cross-) spectral density of short exposures, which allows us to give the signal-to-noise ratio of the various visibility estimators defined in our previous paper [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 16, 872 (1999)]. These estimators and the corresponding signal-to-noise-ratio expressions are used in the data processing software of the GI2T interferometer in order to estimate the visibility and the accuracy of the measurements.

© 2001 Optical Society of America

[Optical Society of America ]

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Citation lists with outbound citation links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Log in to access OSA Member Subscription

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Log in to access OSA Member Subscription

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Article level metrics are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Log in to access OSA Member Subscription

Related Journal Articles

• Unbalanced versus balanced operation in an optical coherence tomography system (AO)
• Reduction of quantum noise in transmittance estimation using photon-correlated beams (JOSAA)
• Random fractional Fourier transform: stochastic perturbations along the axis of propagation (JOSAA)
• Generalized optimum receiver for pattern recognition with multiplicative, additive, and nonoverlapping background noise (JOSAA)
• Effect of CCD Readout Noise in Astronomical Speckle Imaging (AO)

Related Conference Papers

• Statistical solution to the two-point resolution problem
• Shot Noise Influence in Reconstructed Phase Images SNR in Digital Holographic Microscopy
• Second Order Statistics of Depth-Scan Photocurrent in Optical Coherence Tomography with Differential Detection
• Accuracy of pH Sensing Using Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy
• Quantum Limited Postion Measurements of a Dark Matter-Wave Soliton