The design and sensitivity of microwave frequency optical heterodyne receivers
作者:
S. J. Bingham,
B. Bo¨rger,
D. Suter,
A. J. Thomson,
期刊:
Review of Scientific Instruments
(AIP Available online 1998)
卷期:
Volume 69,
issue 9
页码: 3403-3409
ISSN:0034-6748
年代: 1998
DOI:10.1063/1.1149107
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
Recent advances in high speed photodetector and microwave receiver technology make microwave frequency optical heterodyning an attractive approach for the detection of a number of coherent Raman and Brillouin scattering experiments. We have therefore analyzed the sensitivity of microwave frequency optical heterodyne receivers. Experimental tests on a visible wavelength receiver operating at 13.5 GHz confirm the expectation of shot noise limited sensitivity. The relative merits of microwave frequency optical heterodyne detection and the alternative Fabry–Pe´rot interferometry approach are discussed. ©1998 American Institute of Physics.
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