English Explanatory Dictionary

shot noise

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Noise resulting from statistical fluctuations in the random number and distribution of individual photons or electrons hitting a detector, especially at low signal levels.

Word forms

shot noise shot noises

Synonyms

Poisson noise
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