Fundamentals of Microwave Photonics.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Enabling Technological Advances and Benefits of Fiber Optic Links -- 1.2 Analog Versus Digital Fiber Optic Links -- 1.3 Basic Fiber Optic Components -- 1.4 Analog Links Within RF Systems -- References -- Chapter 2 Analog Performance Metrics -- 2.1 The Scattering Matrix -- 2.2 Noise Figure -- 2.3 Dynamic Range -- 2.3.1 Compression Dynamic Range -- 2.3.2 Spurious-Free Dynamic Range -- 2.4 Cascade Analysis -- References -- Chapter 3 Sources of Noise in Fiber Optic Links -- 3.1 Basic Concepts -- 3.2 Thermal Noise -- 3.3 Shot Noise -- 3.4 Lasers -- 3.5 Optical Amplifiers -- 3.5.1 Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers -- 3.5.2 Raman and Brillouin Fiber Amplifiers -- 3.5.3 Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers -- 3.6 Photodetection -- References -- Chapter 4 Distortion in Fiber Optic Links -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Distortion in Electrical-to-Optical Conversion -- 4.3 Optical Amplifier Distortion -- 4.4 Photodetector Distortion -- 4.4.1 Photodetector Distortion Measurement Systems -- 4.4.2 Photodetector Nonlinear Mechanisms -- References -- Chapter 5 Propagation Effects -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Double Rayleigh Scattering -- 5.3 RF Phase in Fiber Optic Links -- 5.4 Chromatic Dispersion -- 5.5 Stimulated Brillouin Scattering -- 5.6 Stimulated Raman Scattering -- 5.7 Cross-Phase Modulation -- 5.8 Four-Wave Mixing -- 5.9 Polarization Effects -- References -- Chapter 6 External Intensity Modulation with Direct Detection -- 6.1 Concept and Link Architectures -- 6.2 Signal Transfer and Gain -- 6.3 Noise and Performance Metrics -- 6.3.1 General Equations -- 6.3.2 Shot-Noise-Limited Equations -- 6.3.3 RIN-Limited Equations -- 6.3.4 Trade Space Analysis -- 6.4 Photodetector Issues and Solutions -- 6.5 Linearization Techniques -- 6.6 Propagation Effects -- References.

Chapter 7 External Phase Modulation with Interferometric Detection -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Signal Transfer and Gain -- 7.3 Noise and Performance Metrics -- 7.4 Linearization Techniques -- 7.5 Propagation Effects -- 7.6 Other Techniques for Optical Phase Demodulation -- References -- Chapter 8 Other Analog Optical Modulation Methods -- 8.1 Direct Laser Modulation -- 8.1.1 Direct Intensity Modulation -- 8.1.2 Direct Frequency Modulation -- 8.2 Suppressed Carrier Modulation with a Low Biased MZM -- 8.3 Single-Sideband Modulation -- 8.4 Sampled Analog Optical Links -- 8.4.1 RF Downconversion Via Sampled Analog Optical Links -- 8.4.2 Mitigation of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering with Sampled Links -- 8.5 Polarization Modulation -- References -- Chapter 9 High Current Photodetectors -- 9.1 Photodetector Compression -- 9.2 Effects Due to Finite Series Resistance -- 9.3 Thermal Limitations -- 9.4 Space-Charge Effects -- 9.5 Photodetector Power Conversion Efficiency -- 9.6 State of the Art for Power Photodetectors -- References -- Chapter 10 Applications and Trends -- 10.1 Point-to-Point Links -- 10.2 Analog Fiber Optic Delay Lines -- 10.3 Photonic-Based RF Signal Processing -- 10.3.1 Wideband Channelization -- 10.3.2 Instantaneous Frequency Measurement -- 10.3.3 Downconversion -- 10.3.4 Phased-Array Beamforming -- 10.4 Photonic Methods for RF Signal Generation -- 10.5 Millimeter-Wave Photonics -- 10.6 Integrated Microwave Photonics -- References -- Appendix I Units and Physical Constants -- Appendix II Electromagnetic Radiation -- Appendix III Power, Voltage and Current for A Sinusoid -- Appendix IV Trigonometric Functions -- Appendix V Fourier Transforms -- Appendix VI Bessel Functions -- Index -- EULA.

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