[time-nuts] laser as clock source
Bob Camp
kb8tq at n1k.org
Thu May 5 07:39:40 EDT 2016
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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