Full-wave detection against half-wave detection in radiometry

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Half-wave detection which is used in practice in radiometers does not allow the achievement of potential sensitivity. A comparison of the output signal-to-noise ratios for both full-wave and half-wave detectors shows that considerable gain could be obtained with the full-wave detector.

Inspec keywords: radiometry; sensitivity; signal detection

Other keywords: potential sensitivity; radiometry; full-wave detection; output signal-to-noise ratios; half-wave detection

Subjects: Photometry and radiometry

References

    1. 1)
      • J.D. Kraus . (1966) Radio astronomy.
    2. 2)
      • K. Rohlfs , T.W. Wilson . (1996) Tools of radio astronomy.
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