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Coherent lightwave communications utilize optical amplitude, phase, and frequency as information-bearing signals. Coherent optical detection, which means optical heterodyne and homodyne detection, offers receiver sensitivity improvement (Yamamato, 1980 and Okashi, et al., 1981) and frequency selectivity improvement. The first advantage will significantly affect long repeater span transmission systems and the second advantage will affect optical frequency division multiplexing (FDM) systems. These features provide a means for exploiting the vast bandwidth of single mode fiber.
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Iwashita, K. (1995). Theory of optical coherent detection. In: Shimada, S. (eds) Coherent Lightwave Communications Technology. Telecommunications Technology and Applications Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1308-3_2
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