Lectures related to Optimization of SNR and CNR

RIN, Shot Noise, Circuit Noise - Examples

Explores laser operation basics, shot noise, and photodetectors' noise characteristics, emphasizing the importance of signal-to-noise ratio in signal detection.

Noise in Microelectronics

Explores the impact of noise in microelectronics on various circuit stages and devices.

Shot Noise and Detectors

Explores shot noise, Johnson noise, and detectors in laser fundamentals and applications.

Noise Sources in Optical Detectors: Analysis and Implications

Discusses various noise sources in optical detectors, including shot noise, thermal noise, and their implications on detection performance.

Amplified Spontaneous Emission Noise in Fiber Amplifiers

Explores amplitude and phase modulation, noise figures, and detector noise in fiber amplifiers.

Coherent Detection: Signal and Local Oscillator Interference

Explores coherent detection in optical systems, highlighting the interference between the signal and local oscillator.

Hardware Technologies and Applications

Explores hardware technologies, quantum electronics, cryogenic systems, quantum computing, and ADC architectures.

Optical and Electronic Shot Noise: Signal to Noise Analysis

Covers optical and electronic shot noise, focusing on signal-to-noise ratio calculations and the impact of quantum efficiency on detectivity.

Understanding Noise in Electrical Systems

Explores noise sources, Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem, amplifier noise, interference effects, and quantization error in electrical systems.

Noise in Optical Receivers

Explores noise in optical receivers, covering shot noise, thermal noise, signal-to-noise ratio, and noise limits.

Noise in Electronics: Fundamentals and Applications

Explores noise in electronics, covering average power, signal-to-noise ratio, deterministic and random signals, and noise amplification.

Signal Processing: Noise Filtering and Signal Estimation

Explores noise filtering, signal estimation, and signal-to-noise ratio optimization through Wiener-Khintchine theorem and power spectral density.

Noise Formalism in Photodetectors: Understanding Detection Limits

Discusses the formalism of noise in photodetectors, focusing on detection limits and the relationship between input power and output current.

Electrical Metrology

Explores electrical metrology, covering random variables, noise sources, and their impact on electronic devices.

Optical Detection: Internal Gain Analysis

Covers internal gain in optical detection systems, focusing on avalanche photodiodes and the calculations for optimal gain and signal-to-noise ratio.

Electrical Metrology: Noise and Signal Analysis

Explores electrical metrology, emphasizing noise and signal analysis, covering topics such as charges, currents, voltages, and various noise sources.

Noise in Data Acquisition

Explores noise sources in data acquisition, including thermal, shot, and amplifier noise, as well as the effects of ADC noise.

Signal Processing: Filtering and Noise Reduction

Explores signal-to-noise ratio, filtering noisy signals, and power spectral density for noise reduction in signal processing.

Physical Noise Analysis: High-Speed Photodetectors

Covers the physical noise analysis in high-speed photodetectors, focusing on signal-to-noise ratios and various noise sources affecting performance.

Understanding Ideal Detectors: Theory and Applications

Provides an overview of ideal detectors, focusing on their theory, noise limitations, and performance metrics in optical detection systems.