Title :
Optical heterodyne mixing efficiency invariance
Abstract :
Optical heterodyne mixing efficiency is shown to be invariant to detector position if the detector is thin and the frequency difference between signal and local oscillator is small.
Keywords :
Aperture antennas; Frequency estimation; Lenses; Local oscillators; Optical detectors; Optical losses; Optical mixing; Optical receivers; Photodiodes; Signal to noise ratio;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/PROC.1970.8001
