DocumentCode
1045256
Title
All optical clock recovery at bit rates up to 40 Gbit/s
Author
Ellis, A.D. ; Smith, K.
Author_Institution
BT Labs., Ipswich, UK
Volume
29
Issue
15
fYear
1993
fDate
7/22/1993 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1323
Lastpage
1324
Abstract
All-optical clock recovery at bit rates up to 40 Gbit/s using a modelocked fibre ring laser is demonstrated. The configuration simultaneously performs timing extraction and pulse reshaping to give a continuous stream of closely transform limited picosecond duration pulses.
Keywords
clocks; digital communication systems; fibre lasers; laser beam applications; optical communication equipment; optical links; synchronisation; 40 Gbit/s; modelocked fibre ring laser; optical clock recovery; pulse reshaping; timing extraction; transform limited picosecond duration pulses;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19930887
Filename
274830
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