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Title:
Subtracting the photon noise bias from single-mode optical interferometer visibilities
Authors:
Perrin, G.
Affiliation:
LESIA, FRE 2461, Observatoire de Paris, section de Meudon, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
Journal:
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.398, p.385-390 (2003) (A&A Homepage)
Publication Date:
01/2003
Origin:
A&A
A&A Keywords:
instrumentation: interferometers, techniques: interferometric, methods: data analysis
Abstract Copyright:
(c) 2003: Astronomy & Astrophysics
Bibliographic Code:
2003A&A...398..385P

Abstract

I present in this paper a method to subtract the bias due to source photon noise from visibilities measured with a single-mode optical interferometer. Properties of the processed noise are demonstrated and examples of subtraction on real data are presented.