
Optical Communication Receiver Design
S. B. Alexander(Author)
Institution of Engineering and Technology (Publisher)
Published in December 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-0-85296-900-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Stevenage
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85296-900-7 (9780852969007)
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Content
Optical communications; system performance; photodetection; photodetectors; receiver noise modelling; receiver front-end design; receiver performance analysis.