Jm. Fuster et J. Marti, Optimization of the dynamic range in optically amplified harmonic downconverting fiber-optic links, IEEE PHOTON, 11(7), 1999, pp. 877-879
The authors investigate the optimum values for both the local oscillator (L
O) modulation index and the Mach-Zehnder electrooptic bias point to maximiz
e the dynamic range of optically amplified harmonic downconverting fiber-op
tic links. The results show that the maximum dynamic range is achieved when
downconverting through the second harmonic of the LO driving signal.