Input impedance conditions for minimizing the noise figure of an analog optical link

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 46, Issue 12 PART 1, 1998, Pages 2025-2031

  Ackerman, Edward I ^a   Cox III, Charles ^a   Betts, Gary ^a   Roussell, Harold ^a   Ray, Kevin ^a   O'Donnell, Fred ^a  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impedance matching; Modeling; Noise; Optical modulation demodulation; Opticalfiber communication

Indexed keywords

EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); LIGHT MODULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SIGNAL NOISE MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL DEMODULATION;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 0032295593     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.739278     Document Type: Article

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