THE GENERATION OF POISSON TIME DISTRIBUTED RANDOM PULSES

摘要

In the nuclear instrumentation field, a need exists for a source of pulses randomly distributed in time according to the Poisson distribution. A theoretical analysis shows that these pulses may be generated by employing an electrical "white noise" source. Calculations indicate the feasibility of a generator capable of producing Poisson pulse at a maximum average rate of one megacycle. The results of laboratory experiments (l) support the calculations and (2) demonstrate the inadequacy of using periodic pulses to determine instrument res¬ponse to random pulses. A design of a nuclear signal simulator incor¬porating the Poisson pulse generator is suggested.