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Applications such as antenna remoting and CATV signal distribution require analog fiber optic links with very low noise figure, NF, and large dynamic range. Even a large link NF can be reduced by preceding the link with a sufficiently high-gain amplifier. However, the higher the NF of the amplifierless link the less feasible this approach is in practice, especially when one is simultaneously trying to satisfy a large dynamic range requirement. Consequently it is important to minimize the amplifierless link NF.
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Cox, C.H., Ackerman, E.I., Betts, G.E. (1997). Microwave Photonic Links with Very Low (≈ 3 dB) Amplifierless Noise Figure. In: Das, N.K., Bertoni, H.L. (eds) Directions for the Next Generation of MMIC Devices and Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1480-4_29
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