Madeline Horn edited subsection_Shot_Noise_The_concept__.tex  over 8 years ago

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where $\Delta f$ is the ENBW, as before, and allows you to determine $e$ from measurements of $<\delta i^2(t)>$ and $i_{dc}$.   To find the charge of the electron through Shot Noise, we used the Noise Fundamentals box AND ADD ON and one digital multi-meter. The Noise Fundamentals box was used in order to vary the settings needed to understand shot noise such as varying the voltage across the photo-diode and to vary the gain. The current was read from the multimeter attached after the signal ($V_{sq}$) went through the filter, the gain, and the multiplier. It was important to vary the gains because if we did not vary them, the $V_{sq}$ signal saturated and was not usable.