Information-theoretic origin of 1/f spectral noise

B. Roy Frieden; Roy J. Hughes

doi:10.1117/12.187585

30 September 1994 Information-theoretic origin of 1/f spectral noise

B. Roy Frieden, Roy J. Hughes

Proceedings Volume 2266, Optical Spectroscopic Techniques and Instrumentation for Atmospheric and Space Research; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187585
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Consider the evolution of a temporal signal X(t) that is an intrinsic random field. In the sense of a certain measurement-estimation experiment, the state of disorder of X(t) should increase toward an equilibrium state. The disorder of X(t) is measured by its `physical information' I, and the equilibrium state is determined by the condition that I be an extremum. The equilibrium state is shown to have a power spectrum S((omega) ) of the form (omega) ^-(alpha ), 1 <EQ (alpha) <EQ 2, that of 1/f noise.

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B. Roy Frieden and Roy J. Hughes "Information-theoretic origin of 1/f spectral noise", Proc. SPIE 2266, Optical Spectroscopic Techniques and Instrumentation for Atmospheric and Space Research, (30 September 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187585

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