Optical Heterodyne Detection Of Partially Coherent Radiation

Walter Chiou

doi:10.1117/12.957920

25 October 1979 Optical Heterodyne Detection Of Partially Coherent Radiation

Walter Chiou

Proceedings Volume 0194, Applications of Optical Coherence; (1979) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.957920
Event: 23rd Annual Technical Symposium, 1979, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Optical heterodyne detection of partially coherent cross-spectrally pure radiation is considered. A general formulation of the problem based on the photodetection statistics is presented first. Effects of temporal and spatial coherence of the signal on the heterodyne detection efficiency are then presented. Four limiting cases classified by the signal radiation coherence properties are considered in detail. The heterodyne antenna property, local oscillator (LO) laser requirement, and effects of radiation statistics on the heterodyne efficiency are also considered.

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Walter Chiou "Optical Heterodyne Detection Of Partially Coherent Radiation", Proc. SPIE 0194, Applications of Optical Coherence, (25 October 1979); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.957920

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