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As suggested in Chap. 1, the need for low-cost optical communication systems is omnipresent. Before discussing the design of an optical receiver in detail in the next chapters, it is important to understand the basic concepts of communication systems in general and the most significant aspects of an optical system in particular. An overview is given in this chapter.
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Tavernier, F., Steyaert, M. (2011). Optical communication—A high-level perspective. In: High-Speed Optical Receivers with Integrated Photodiode in Nanoscale CMOS. Analog Circuits and Signal Processing, vol 5. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9925-2_2
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