Electronics Letters · 1986 · 78 citations · 0 references
PhotonicsOptical MaterialsEngineeringOptical AmplificationOptoelectronic Phase-lockingOptical PropertiesOptical TransmissionApplied PhysicsSignal CarrierBrillouin AmplificationOptoelectronic DevicesBrillouin GainOptical CommunicationBrillouin ScatteringOptoelectronicsOptical Amplifier
A novel homodyne detection technique which avoids optoelectronic phase-locking by using stimulated Brillouin gain to selectively amplify the signal carrier is described.