OPTICAL ANTENNA PROPERTIES IN COHERENT PH OTODETECTION - THEORY AND EXPERIMENT WITH A SELF-HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETER

Authors
MENDIETA FJ CORONA M ARVIZU A
Citation
Fj. Mendieta et al., OPTICAL ANTENNA PROPERTIES IN COHERENT PH OTODETECTION - THEORY AND EXPERIMENT WITH A SELF-HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETER, Revista Mexicana de Fisica, 42(6), 1996, pp. 1030-1050
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Revista Mexicana de Fisica → ACNP
ISSN journal
0035001X
Volume
42
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1030 - 1050
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-001X(1996)42:6<1030:OAPICP>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The analysis of the coherent optical reception process using notions a ssociated to the theory of aperture antennas is presented; the effects of the complex spatial distributions of the optical fields across the wavefronts are studied. An experiment for the measurement of the dire ctivity of a heterodyne photodetector is described and results on its reception diagram and noise characteristics are given.