This tutorial provides an overview of design principles for receivers used in optical communication systems. The author reviews the technology used to construct optical links and illustrates the flow of system performance specifications into receiver requirements. Photodetector fundamentals, associated statistics, characteristics and performance issues are presented, along with a tutorial on noise analysis and the specific techniques needed to model optical receivers.
- ISBN10 0852969007
- ISBN13 9780852969007
- Publish Date December 1997 (first published 1 November 1996)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Institution of Engineering and Technology
- Format Paperback
- Pages 328
- Language English