Hale, P.
, Clement, T.
and Williams, D.
(2001),
Measuring Frequency Response of High-Speed Optical Receivers Requires Microwave Measurements, Proceedings of SPIE, [online], https://doi.org/10.1117/2.5200103.0011
(Accessed January 16, 2025)
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Measuring Frequency Response of High-Speed Optical Receivers Requires Microwave Measurements
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Measuring the frequency response of an optical receiver is easy if you have a standard reference receiver, a simple test setup, and a network analyzer to perform electrical mismatch corrections. Your test setup consists fo the receiver you want to test, a power meter, and a diode laser modulated by an electrical signal generator (see figure). Start by regulating the test setup with a calibrated reference receiver. Then replace the reference receiver with the receiver you wish to characterize and take another measurement. The ratio of the two measurements is almost all you need.Citation
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Created March 1, 2001, Updated January 27, 2020