Abstract
The noise processes which affect the optical detection of atoms in a beam are identified. A noise factor of the atom to fluorescence photon conversion is defined in the case where the counting statistics of the fluorescence photons can be assumed poissonian. The signal to noise ratio of the atom detection is given in the case where a photomultiplier or a silicon photocell is used. It is shown that the noise added to the actual atomic beam shot noise can be represented in terms of the shot noise of an equivalent fictitious flux of incident atoms. Results given are applied to the optical detection of cesium atoms.
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