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Evaluating the sensitivity of a correlation method of measurement of fluctuating radio signals

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Correlation techniques are used to measure weak fluctuating signals encountered in various physical problems. A new correlation meter is proposed which operates using higher harmonics of a heterodyne signal. The sensitivity of the proposed device is evaluated, the measurement error caused by the first approximation is estimated, and the influence of nonlinear distortions of the analyzed signals is studied.

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    I. A. Ermolenko & V. V. Morar

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Original Russian Text © I.A. Ermolenko, V.V. Morar, 2006, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2006, Vol. 32, No. 15, pp. 7–12.

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Ermolenko, I.A., Morar, V.V. Evaluating the sensitivity of a correlation method of measurement of fluctuating radio signals. Tech. Phys. Lett. 32, 647–649 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785006080025

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