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4. Detection techniques
4.1 Direct detection
At the receiver, light must be converted into two-state electrical signals before it reaches its destination. The most common detection scheme is based on the use of a simple photodiode, followed by a decision flip-flop. The photodiode converts the optical energy received (number of photons or square of the modulus of the electric field E s (t ), hence the nickname "quadratic") into a current i (t ), which is directly proportional to it and is called photocurrent, according to :
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Optilux, free software for simulating optical transmission systems http://www.optilux.sourceforge.net/
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