Signal correlation in an interferometer


 

The output of a multiplier is the amplified power of the input signals from a pair of antennae.


 

 

 

The power from each antenna, for a source of flux density S, is


 

 

The voltage waveform from each antenna is


 

 

Inserting these, we obtain for


 

 

The quantity that really interests us here is the uncertainty of , . The derivation of this quantity was described by Ravi Subrahmanyan during the last workshop (notes are available online).


 
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