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         phase par7, par12, par17, par22, par27, par32, par37, par42, par47, par52, par57, par62, par67, par72, par77, par82
         
+     One might prefer to express the phases in respect to a reference counter, *e.g.* the forward counter is the reference counter phase (fcp) whereas
+     the backward counter phase (bcp) is expressed as bcp = fcp + relative_bcp. If the fitting is done along these lines, the phases in the Fourier
+     block can be expressed the following way
+     
+     .. code-block:: bash
+     
+        phase parRX0 sep parX1 sep ... sep parXN
+        
+     which means that ``X0`` is the reference phase, and all the other phases are relative phases in respect to ``X0``, *i.e.* the absolut phase of
+     ``Xj`` would be the summ of the values of ``parX0`` and ``parXj`` etc. The reference phase in the list is marked by ``parR`` rather than ``par``.
+     Obviously only *one* reference phase can be defined!
+  
   #. Often the phases in the parameter block follow a clear list structure. This allows to write the Fourier phase parameters in a more compact form
   
      .. code-block:: none
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         phase par(7, 5, 16)
         
+     As in the phase parameter list examples before, also here a reference phase with relative phases might be wished. Differently to the phase parameter
+     list example, the first parameter number will be the reference phase. The compact notation here is
+     
+     .. code-block:: none
+     
+        phase parR(X0, offest, #param)
+  
 .. index:: fourier-block-range_for_phase_correction
 .. _msr-fourier-block-range_for_phase_correction:
 

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@@ -1575,6 +1575,15 @@ take the value of parameter number 3. More explicitly</p>
 <div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>phase par7, par12, par17, par22, par27, par32, par37, par42, par47, par52, par57, par62, par67, par72, par77, par82
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+<p>One might prefer to express the phases in respect to a reference counter, <em>e.g.</em> the forward counter is the reference counter phase (fcp) whereas
+the backward counter phase (bcp) is expressed as bcp = fcp + relative_bcp. If the fitting is done along these lines, the phases in the Fourier
+block can be expressed the following way</p>
+<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>phase parRX0 sep parX1 sep ... sep parXN
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>which means that <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">X0</span></tt> is the reference phase, and all the other phases are relative phases in respect to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">X0</span></tt>, <em>i.e.</em> the absolut phase of
+<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Xj</span></tt> would be the summ of the values of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">parX0</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">parXj</span></tt> etc. The reference phase in the list is marked by <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">parR</span></tt> rather than <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">par</span></tt>.
+Obviously only <em>one</em> reference phase can be defined!</p>
 </li>
 <li><p class="first">Often the phases in the parameter block follow a clear list structure. This allows to write the Fourier phase parameters in a more compact form</p>
 <div class="highlight-none"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>phase par(X0, offset, #param)
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 <div class="highlight-none"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>phase par(7, 5, 16)
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+<p>As in the phase parameter list examples before, also here a reference phase with relative phases might be wished. Differently to the phase parameter
+list example, the first parameter number will be the reference phase. The compact notation here is</p>
+<div class="highlight-none"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>phase parR(X0, offest, #param)
+</pre></div>
+</div>
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