A high bandwidth analog heterodyne RF optical link with high dynamic range and low noise figure

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1733-1735

  Datta, S ^a   Agashe, S ^a   Forrest, S R ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG HETERODYNE OPTICAL LINK; ASYMMETRIC TWIN WAVEGUIDE; BALANCED PHOTODIODE; COMMON MODE REJECTION RATIO; PHASE NOISE CANCELLATION; WIDEBAND RECTIFIER;

BANDWIDTH; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 4344712801     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.828381     Document Type: Article

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