OPTICALLY AMPLIFIED DOWNCONVERTING LINK WITH SHOT-NOISE-LIMITED PERFORMANCE

Authors
WILLIAMS KJ ESMAN RD
Citation
Kj. Williams et Rd. Esman, OPTICALLY AMPLIFIED DOWNCONVERTING LINK WITH SHOT-NOISE-LIMITED PERFORMANCE, IEEE photonics technology letters, 8(1), 1996, pp. 148-150
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
8
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
148 - 150
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1996)8:1<148:OADLWS>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Experimental results of a 12-GHz downconverting optical link are prese nted that demonstrate shot-noise-limited performance at a maximum tota l photoreceiver current of 72 mA. A balanced photoreceiver is utilized to reject both laser intensity noise and noise added by an erbium-dop ed fiber amplifier. The receiver was constructed of four commercial 2- GHz photodetectors, each capable of detecting greater than 20 mA of av erage photocurrent with less than 1-dB compression in received RF powe r.