A consideration of factors affecting future coherent lightwave communication systems
- 1 May 1988
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Journal of Lightwave Technology
- Vol. 6 (5) , 686-694
- https://doi.org/10.1109/50.4054
Abstract
The performance limitations of coherent lightwave communication technologies are examined. Their practical device requirements, with emphasis on optical heterodyne/homodyne detection and optical frequency-division multiplexing (optical FDM) are also discussed.Keywords
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