Abstract
Statistical properties such as the cumulants, and the central, factorial, and ordinary moments are obtained for photocounting distributions when the incident radiation is intensity-modulated with arbitrary statistics. The results are applied in some detail to the cases of triangular, sinusoidal, and square-wave modulation of multimode superposed coherent and chaotic radiation. The coefficient of variation, skewness, and kurtosis are obtained as a function of modulation depth. Comparison is made with experimental data in the cases of triangular and sinusoidal modulation of a laser source.
© 1979 Optical Society of America
Full Article | PDF ArticleMore Like This
Paul Diament and M. C. Teich
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 60(5) 682-689 (1970)
William G. Clark and Edward L. O’Neill
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 61(7) 934-938 (1971)
Paul R. Prucnal
Appl. Opt. 19(21) 3611-3616 (1980)