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Figure 7.10: SHG micrograph from mask with deposited carbon nanorope. The scale<br />

bar has units <strong>of</strong> counts per second. The high signal regions are SHG from the metal<br />

surrounding the glass isl<strong>and</strong>.<br />

threshold <strong>of</strong> the carbon nanoropes during our SHG microscopy scans.<br />

7.2.4 Detection Limits <strong>and</strong> Noise<br />

Detection is limited by optical noise, i.e. background photons, <strong>and</strong> photon statistics.<br />

The distribution <strong>of</strong> detected photons in a time T is described by the Poisson<br />

distribution, which is<br />

-n<br />

n -<br />

Pn(T) = _, e- n .<br />

n.<br />

(7.8)<br />

The Poisson distribution determines the probability <strong>of</strong> detecting n photons in time<br />

T if the average number <strong>of</strong> photons detected in time T is n. The uncertainty, i.e. the<br />

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