Title :
All-optical clock recovery using a mode-locked laser
Author :
Smith, K. ; Lucek, J.K.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Labs., Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
A novel all-optical clock recovery scheme in which an optical data stream is used to mode-lock a fibre laser at (or at integer multiple of) the line rate is experimentally demonstrated. A length of data transmission fibre is shared with the fibre laser and mode locking occurs through the process of crossphase modulation.
Keywords :
clocks; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical communication; optical fibres; all-optical clock recovery scheme; all-optical signal processing; crossphase modulation; data transmission fibre; fibre laser mode-locking; mode-locked laser; optical data stream;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19921157
