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shot noise: a standalone construct

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Electrical engineering

current fluctuations caused by the discrete nature of electric charge as electrons cross a barrier randomly.

In electrical engineering, shot noise refers to current fluctuations caused by the discrete nature of electric charge as electrons cross a barrier randomly. This meaning comes from Schottky (1918) in Annalen der Physik.[1]

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References

  1. Schottky, W. (1918). Über spontane Stromschwankungen in verschiedenen Elektrizitätsleitern. Annalen der Physik, 362(23), 541-567. https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.19183622304

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