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Laser Linewidth Estimation by Means of Coherent Detection

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In this article, the authors present a novel approach to measure the Lorentzian linewidth of a laser source based on a heterodyne detection scheme, such as may be implemented in a coherent optical receiver for data communications, using both in-phase and quadrature information of the optical field.
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In this letter, we present a novel approach to measure the Lorentzian linewidth of a laser source. The approach is based on a heterodyne detection scheme, such as may be implemented in a coherent optical receiver for data communications, using both in-phase and quadrature information of the optical field. In contrast to previously published works, this approach does not suffer from modulation effects on the laser output.

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Coherent detection of optical quadrature phase-shift keying signals with carrier phase estimation

TL;DR: In this paper, a coherent optical receiver for demodulating optical quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK) signals is proposed. But the authors do not consider the phase-diversity homodyne detection at the receiver.
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