[time-nuts] laser as clock source

[Magnus Danielson]

Hi,

Indeed, as the laser is damped down, it will measure the AM noise more 
than anything else.

Cheers,
Magnus

On 05/05/2016 01:39 PM, Bob Camp wrote:
> Hi
>
> At least back “a few” years ago … counting photons was a pretty good way to generate
> random numbers. It’s sort of like looking at current flow. The discrete nature of the
> process shows up if you look carefully enough.
>
> Bob
>
>> On May 5, 2016, at 12:55 AM, Ilia Platone <info at iliaplatone.com> wrote:
>>
>> Is it possible to use the photon flux of a laser as clock source using a sensor in photon-counting mode?
>>
>> Or the photon rate will be chaotic and unstable (as I think but wanted to know)?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ilia.
>>
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