| Preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Glossary |
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1 | (1) |
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2 | (8) |
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4 | (5) |
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Fiber Coupling Considerations |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (10) |
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Choice of Laser Technology |
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13 | (2) |
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Spatial Pointing and Tracking Considerations |
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15 | (5) |
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20 | (4) |
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Analog and Digital Optical Communications |
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24 | (2) |
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26 | (12) |
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Link Budget for the Fiber-Optic Channel |
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29 | (5) |
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Link Budget for the Free-Space Channel |
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34 | (4) |
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Specifying an Analog Receiver's Performance |
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38 | (3) |
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Specifying a Digital Receiver's Performance |
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41 | (3) |
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The Receiver Sensitivity Budget |
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44 | (2) |
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46 | (3) |
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The Detection of Optical Signals |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (4) |
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54 | (5) |
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59 | (4) |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (4) |
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69 | (2) |
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71 | (2) |
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73 | (9) |
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82 | (11) |
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Metal-Semiconductor Photodiodes |
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93 | (3) |
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96 | (6) |
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102 | (8) |
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Small Signal Equivalent Circuit Model for a Photodetector |
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110 | (7) |
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117 | (4) |
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Fundamentals of Noise Analysis |
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121 | (4) |
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Noise Sources in an Optical Receiver |
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125 | (1) |
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126 | (13) |
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126 | (3) |
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129 | (2) |
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131 | (1) |
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Noise Model of an Electronic Amplifier |
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132 | (7) |
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Photodetector Dark-Current Noise |
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139 | (1) |
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Photodetector Thermal-Noise |
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139 | (1) |
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Photoconductor Generation-Recombination Noise |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (4) |
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146 | (4) |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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150 | (2) |
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Noise Equivalent Circuit for an Optical Receiver |
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152 | (4) |
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Degradation from the Quantum Shot-Noise Limited Noise-Density |
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156 | (1) |
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Total Equivalent Noise Power in the Receiver |
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157 | (8) |
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158 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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Base-Band Digital Systems |
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159 | (6) |
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Noise Equivalent Power and Detectivity |
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165 | (1) |
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166 | (7) |
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Receiver Front-End Design |
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173 | (28) |
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Low Impedance Voltage Amplifier |
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173 | (10) |
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183 | (3) |
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186 | (9) |
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Noise-Matched or Resonant Amplifiers |
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195 | (6) |
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201 | (11) |
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Bipolar Transistor Amplifiers |
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201 | (4) |
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205 | (5) |
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Transimpedance of a Single-Stage Amplifier |
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210 | (2) |
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212 | (5) |
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217 | (6) |
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Receiver Performance Analysis |
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223 | (6) |
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Digital Signaling Formats |
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226 | (3) |
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Direct Detection Digital Receivers |
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229 | (28) |
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Ideal Photon Counting On-Off Keying |
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230 | (3) |
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Receiver Noise, Pulse Shaping Filters, and the Eye Diagram |
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233 | (6) |
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OOK with a p-i-n Photodetector Front-End |
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239 | (9) |
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OOK with an APD Front-End |
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248 | (9) |
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Coherent Detection Digital Receivers |
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257 | (16) |
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Modulation Formats and Demodulators for Coherent Receivers |
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261 | (10) |
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271 | (2) |
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Optically Preamplified Digital Receivers |
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273 | (11) |
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ASK or OOK with an Optically Preamplified Receiver |
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279 | (4) |
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Preamplified Receivers for FSK and DPSK |
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283 | (1) |
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284 | (2) |
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286 | (6) |
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Reported Receiver Sensitivities |
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292 | (3) |
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295 | (16) |
| Index |
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