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
fDate :
9/28/1995 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19951180
