• DocumentCode
    1012658
  • Title

    All-optical timing extraction at 40 GHz using a mode-locked figure-eight laser with an SLA

  • Author

    Adams, L.E. ; Kintzer, E.S. ; Fujimoto, J.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    20
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    9/28/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1759
  • Lastpage
    1761
  • Abstract
    All-optical timing extraction using a figure-eight laser with a semiconductor nonlinearity generates a synchronised 40 GHz output pulse stream which displays lower timing jitter than the input stream. A high contrast ratio recovered clock is observed over a ~200 kHz locking range
  • Keywords
    clocks; jitter; laser mode locking; optical communication equipment; semiconductor lasers; timing; 40 GHz; SLA; all-optical timing extraction; contrast ratio; locking range; mode-locked figure-eight laser; output pulse stream; recovered clock; semiconductor nonlinearity; timing jitter;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19951180
  • Filename
    469237
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1012658