Abstract:The performance of microwave photonic systems can be improved by utilizing high power handling photodetectors. Operation at higher photocurrents enables larger output RF signals to be produced directly by the photodetector. This reduces the requirement of signal amplification by RF amplifiers, thereby simultaneously improving the dynamic range and the noise figure. In optical coherent systems, high power handling photodetectors enable operation at high local oscillator power levels to boost the coherent gain a… Show more
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