Stochastic multi-channel lock-in detection

Autor: J J Hudson, M R Tarbutt, B E Sauer, E A Hinds
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: New Journal of Physics, Vol 16, Iss 1, p 013005 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/1/013005
Popis: High-precision measurements benefit from lock-in detection of small signals. Here we discuss the extension of lock-in detection to many channels, using mutually orthogonal modulation waveforms, and show how the choice of waveforms affects the information content of the signal. We also consider how well the detection scheme rejects noise, both random and correlated. We address the particular difficulty of rejecting a background drift that makes a reproducible offset in the output signal and we show how a systematic error can be avoided by changing the waveforms between runs and averaging over many runs. These advances made possible a recent measurement of the electron's electric dipole moment (Hudson et al 2011 Nature 473 493).
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