• DocumentCode
    901760
  • Title

    Coherent detection of very narrow linewidth millimetre-wave and microwave signals

  • Author

    Kwong, Wing C. ; Prucnal, Paul R.

  • Author_Institution
    Hofstra Univ., Hempstead, NY, USA
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    5/13/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    881
  • Lastpage
    882
  • Abstract
    A coherent-detection technique for very narrow linewidth millimetre-wave and microwave signals is described. Wide laser linewidth is eliminated at the receiver by nonlinear operation. An experiment demonstrating such a technique with laser intermediate-frequency linewidth of 200 MHz is reported, where the resulting electrical linewidth is limited only by the resolution bandwidth of the spectrum analyser.
  • Keywords
    microwave links; optical receivers; photodetectors; signal detection; spectral line breadth; MM-wave signals; coherent-detection; laser linewidth; microwave signals; millimetre-wave; narrow linewidth; nonlinear operation; optical fibre links; receiver;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19930588
  • Filename
    216287