New method for recovering weak coherent radio frequency signals
A single radio frequency lock-in amplifier reduces broadband noise, but not rf pickup of the same frequency as the signal. If this pickup noise is at least 14 dB stronger than broadband noise, after both have passed through the lock-in, then the signal-to-noise ratio can be improved by applying the lock-in output to a second, low frequency lock-in which is synchronized to an independent modulation of the signal. Weak coherent radio frequency signals buried in both rf pickup and broadband nise can be recovered by using this double lock-in method, as demonstrated in a plasma diagnostics experiment.
- Research Organization:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03073
- OSTI ID:
- 5949134
- Report Number(s):
- PPPL-2202; ON: DE85008707
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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