Abstract :
All-optical frame synchronisation recovery is demonstrated experimentally. A frame encoded input data signal forces a fibre laser to modelock. The fixed header is copied onto the laser output, whereas in the payload area the clock is recovered. The authors propose to use this frame synchronisation signal in an all-optical demultiplexer that unambiguously identifies each individual channel
Keywords :
demultiplexing equipment; fibre lasers; laser beam applications; laser mode locking; optical links; synchronisation; time division multiplexing; all-optical demultiplexer; all-optical frame synchronisation recovery; fibre laser modelocking; frame encoded input data signal; frame synchronisation recovery;
