Techniques and performance of intensity-modulation direct-detection analog optical links

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 45, Issue 8 PART 2, 1997, Pages 1375-1383

  Cox III, Charles ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electro optic modulators; Modeling; Noise; Nonlinearities; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation demodulation; Optoelectronic devices; Photodetectors; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTODETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ELECTROOPTIC MODULATORS; NOISE FIGURE;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 0031213165     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.618439     Document Type: Article

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