The noise figure and sub-octave spurious-free dynamic range of a carrier-suppressed
analog RF photonic link are examined. Expressions for noise figure and dynamic range are …

Class-AB techniques are analyzed as a means to minimize the noise associated with the
residual carrier in analog optical links. A bound for shot and intensity noise is derived and …

An octave-bandwidth microwave photonic link with a third-order limited spurious-free
dynamic range of 121 dB in a 1-Hz bandwidth has been demonstrated. The link noise figure …

This paper defines" effective" gains and noise figures for each component in an analog
photonic link which, when inserted into the equation for the noise figure of cascaded …

We present a novel graphical approach for evaluating the performance of analog photonic
links employing an external intensity modulator biased at quadrature. A single graph is …

Theoretical analysis and experimental investigation of microwave photonic links with bias-
shifted Mach-Zehnder modulators are presented. An optical amplifier is used to increase link …

The noise figure of an analog fiber-optic link was reduced to 6 dB at 1 GHz by using a bias-
shifted Mach-Zehnder modulator with an optical input power of 1 W. The link noise figure …

Two different techniques were used to extend the dynamic range of analog optical links
operating at microwave frequencies. The link noise figure was reduced by adjusting the bias …

In this paper we examine the optical sources of noise that degrade high-performance
microwave photonic links. In particular, we study the residual phase noise due to laser …

A new method of optically summing time-shifted complementary signals to cancel relative
intensity noise (RIN) in narrow-band external-modulation optical links is proposed and …