Abstract

Synchronous detection of randomly phase-modulated interferograms is examined for the cases of low and high SNR. Long-average phase estimates exhibit (time × bandwidth)⁻¹ dependence and give useful results with low SNR and σ_ϕ < π. Optimum averaging times are determined for phase tracking in the case of relatively high SNR.

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