Dynamic Range of Coherent Analog Fiber-Optic Links

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1994, Pages 1263-1277

  Kalman, R F ^a   Fan, J C ^a   Kazovsky, L G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CARRIER COMMUNICATION; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATION; MULTIPLEXING; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERFORMANCE; PHASE MODULATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

COHERENT DETECTION (CD); SPURIOUS FREE DYNAMIC RANGES (SFDRS);

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 0028468138     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: 15582213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.301820     Document Type: Article

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