Signal-to-noise ratio and capture effect of microwave photonic links operating under small- and large-signal modulations in random noise

Graphical approach to designing high‐gain low‐noise MWPLs

“…According to this definition, the noise factor of the two-port network as shown in Fig. 4 can be written as follows [13]:…”

“…Electrical performance of MWPLs and their parameters such as gain, small-and large-signal noise figure (NF), spurious-free dynamic range, composite second-order/composite triple beat, signal-to-noise ratio, and capture effect operating under small-and large-signal modulation have already been extensively studied [8][9][10][11][12][13]. In [14], the effect of mismatch and loss of the input lossy impedance matching network on the NF of MWPLs operating under large RF signal modulation was investigated.…”