Yes, the shot noise is just one aspect of the problem and I have my suspicions
about whether it is as important as the author asserts.
...Wayne
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It would have been a great illustration if only he had been able to count the
drops. Because he couldn�t I felt that it was a rather pointless one. And I
come back to his definition of noise: the variation in numbers of drops doesn�t
seem to me to be a clever way to describe it.
Chris
> On 22 Sep 15, at 01:13, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Actually, I rather liked the analogy of raindrops and the quantum nature of
> light. Made perfect sense to me.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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>
> On 9/21/2015 5:25 PM, ChrisB wrote:
>> Not as far as I could tell, Moose. I didn't mind the article, but I didn't
>> like his description of noise: the variation in light hitting the sensor.
>>
>> I think that you'd enjoy reading it.
>>
>> Chris
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