represents a Poisson window function of x.
PoissonWindow[x,α]
uses the parameter α.
PoissonWindow
represents a Poisson window function of x.
PoissonWindow[x,α]
uses the parameter α.
Details
- PoissonWindow, also known as the exponential window, is a window function typically used in signal processing applications where data needs to be processed in short segments.
- Window functions have a smoothing effect by gradually tapering data values to zero at the ends of each segment.
- PoissonWindow[x,α] is equal to
. - PoissonWindow[x] is equivalent to PoissonWindow[x,3].
- PoissonWindow automatically threads over lists.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (3)
Plot[PoissonWindow[x], {x, -1, 1}, Exclusions -> None]Plot3D[PoissonWindow[x]PoissonWindow[y], {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1}, PlotRange -> All, Exclusions -> None]Extract the continuous function representing the Poisson window:
FunctionExpand[PoissonWindow[x]]FunctionExpand[PoissonWindow[x, α]]Scope (6)
PoissonWindow[0.1]Shape of a 1D Poisson window using a specified parameter:
Plot[PoissonWindow[x, 1.5], {x, -1, 1}, Exclusions -> None]Variation of the shape as a function of the parameter α:
Plot3D[PoissonWindow[x, α], {α, 0, 5}, {x, -1, 1}, Exclusions -> None]Translated and dilated Poisson window:
Plot[PoissonWindow[(x - 1) / 2], {x, -1, 3}, Exclusions -> None]2D Poisson window with a circular support:
Plot3D[PoissonWindow[Sqrt[x ^ 2 + y ^ 2]], {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1}, PlotRange -> All, Exclusions -> None]Discrete Poisson window of length 15:
ListPlot[Array[PoissonWindow, 15, {-1 / 2, 1 / 2}], Filling -> Axis]Discrete 15×11 2D Poisson window:
ListPointPlot3D[Array[PoissonWindow[#1] PoissonWindow[#2]&, {15, 11}, {{-1 / 2, 1 / 2}}], Filling -> Axis, PlotRange -> All]Applications (3)
Use the Poisson window to diminish the effect of signal partitioning when computing the spectrogram:
Labeled[Spectrogram[\!\(\*AudioBox[""]\), 512, Automatic, #, ImageSize -> 200, FrameTicks -> None], Text[#]]& /@ {PoissonWindow, None}Use a window specification to calculate sample PowerSpectralDensity:
proc = ARMAProcess[1, {.5}, {.3}, 1];
data = RandomFunction[proc, {50}];spec = PowerSpectralDensity[data, w, PoissonWindow];Compare to spectral density calculated without a windowing function:
sd = PowerSpectralDensity[data, w];sd === specThe plot shows that window smooths the spectral density:
Plot[{sd, spec}, {w, -π, π}, PlotRange -> All, PlotLegends -> {"no window", "with window"}]Compare to the theoretical spectral density of the process:
Plot[{spec, Evaluate@PowerSpectralDensity[proc, w]}, {w, -π, π}, PlotLegends -> {"data", "process"}]Use a window specification for time series estimation:
data = RandomFunction[ARMAProcess[1, {.3}, {.4}, 1], {300}];Specify window for spectral estimator:
EstimatedProcess[data, ARMAProcess[1, 1], ProcessEstimator -> {"SpectralEstimator", "Window" -> PoissonWindow}]Properties & Relations (3)
The area under the Poisson window:
area = Integrate[PoissonWindow[x], {x, -∞, ∞}]Normalize to create a window with unit area:
Plot[{PoissonWindow[x], PoissonWindow[x] / area}, {x, -1, 1}, PlotRange -> All]Fourier transform of the Poisson window:
f = FourierTransform[PoissonWindow[x], x, w]Power spectrum of the Poisson window:
LogLinearPlot[20 Log[10, Abs[f]], {w, .1, 80}]Fourier transform of the parametrized Poisson window:
f = FourierTransform[PoissonWindow[x, α], x, ω]Variation of the magnitude spectrum of the Kaiser window as a function of the parameter
:
Plot3D[Abs@f, {ω, -30, 30}, {α, 0, 5}, PlotRange -> All]Possible Issues (1)
2D sampling of Poisson window will use a different parameter for each row of samples when passed as a symbol to Array:
Array[PoissonWindow, {30, 30}, {{-1 / 2, 1 / 2}}]//ListPlot3DListPlot3D[Array[PoissonWindow[#1] PoissonWindow[#2]&, {30, 30}, {{-1 / 2, 1 / 2}}], PlotRange -> All]Related Guides
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2012), PoissonWindow, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PoissonWindow.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2012. "PoissonWindow." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PoissonWindow.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2012). PoissonWindow. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PoissonWindow.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_poissonwindow, author="Wolfram Research", title="{PoissonWindow}", year="2012", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PoissonWindow.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2026_poissonwindow, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={PoissonWindow}, year={2012}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PoissonWindow.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}