Abstract
Most optical fibre analogue transmission systems use intensity modulation of the optical source with direct detection of the modulated optical signal in a depletion photo-detector. In this chapter, coherent techniques are introduced, and their advantages and disadvantages relative to intensity modulation/direct detection (IMDD) systems are considered. Coherent techniques are defined broadly to include all transmission methods where the precise frequency of the optical signal is important.

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