• DocumentCode
    1222383
  • Title

    Comments on Optical Heterodyne Detection

  • Author

    Karp, Sherman

  • Author_Institution
    Electrical Research Center,National Aeronautics and Space Admn.,Cambridge,Mass
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1969
  • fDate
    10/1/1969 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    574
  • Lastpage
    578
  • Abstract
    An investigation of the response of a quantum detector to a prescribed incident electromagnetic field is presented. For the fields used, a statistical description of the resulting current flow is given. First and second moments of the resulting densities are calculated, and signal-to-noise ratios are computed.
  • Keywords
    Attenuation; Communications technology; Computer applications; Crosstalk; Frequency modulation; Optical detectors; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Phase distortion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communication Technology, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9332
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCOM.1969.1090139
  • Filename
    1090139