Optically amplified downconverting link with shot-noise-limited performance
Experimental results of a 12-GHz downconverting optical link are presented that demonstrate shot-noise-limited performance at a maximum total photoreceiver current of 72 mA. A balanced photoreceiver is utilized to reject both laser intensity noise and noise added by an erbium-doped fiber amplifier....
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Published in | IEEE photonics technology letters Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 148 - 150 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
IEEE
01.01.1996
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Summary: | Experimental results of a 12-GHz downconverting optical link are presented that demonstrate shot-noise-limited performance at a maximum total photoreceiver current of 72 mA. A balanced photoreceiver is utilized to reject both laser intensity noise and noise added by an erbium-doped fiber amplifier. The receiver was constructed of four commercial 2-GHz photodetectors, each capable of detecting greater than 20 mA of average photocurrent with less than I-dB compression in received RF power. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1041-1135 1941-0174 |
DOI: | 10.1109/68.475808 |