Equivalence between preamplified direct detection and heterodyne receivers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 1991, Pages 835-837

  Tonguz, Ozan K ^a   Wagner, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FILTERS; LASERS; NOISE, SPURIOUS SIGNAL; OPTICAL FILTERS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

HETERODYNE RECEIVERS; LASER PHASE NOISE; LIGHTWAVE RECEIVER SCHEMES; NONLINEAR DEMODULATION FUNCTIONS; PREAMPLIFIED DIRECT DETECTION RECEIVERS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0026222747     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.84510     Document Type: Article

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