Optical mixing device having one photodetector for a heterodyne

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H04B 1006

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An optical mixing device having intensity-noise suppression, for use in a heterodyne receiver, comprises a coupler (31) having two optical input ports (32, 33) for a received signal (E.sub.S) and a local oscillator signal (E.sub.L), respectively, and two optical output ports (34, 35). An optical path-length difference is created between light signals emerging from the two output ports (34, 35) and a photodetector (36), and the light signals are fed from the output ports (34, 35) to the photodetector (36) in separate beams. The mixing device has a simple optical fiber construction and does not require polarization-influence devices. A coherent heterodyne receiver is also provided which includes the optical mixing device.

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