Title :
Comments on Optical Heterodyne Detection
Author_Institution :
Electrical Research Center,National Aeronautics and Space Admn.,Cambridge,Mass
fDate :
10/1/1969 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Communication Technology, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TCOM.1969.1090139
