Simultaneous demultiplexing and clock recovery for 160-gb/s OTDM signal using a symmetric Mach-Zehnder switch in electrooptic feedback loop

Author

Miyazaki, Tetsuya ; Kubota, Fumito

Author_Institution

Commun. Res. Lab., Independent Administrative Instn., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

15

Issue

7

fYear

2003

fDate

7/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1008

Lastpage

1010

Abstract

We demonstrated simultaneous demultiplexing and clock recovery for a 160-Gb/s optical time-division multiplexing (OTDM) signal through a fiber transmission line by using a symmetric Mach-Zehnder switch and a mode-locked laser diode in an electrooptic feedback loop. Moreover, synchronous optical sampling of the OTDM signal with the recovered clock was also demonstrated.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; demultiplexing; electro-optical switches; laser mode locking; optical fibre communication; phase noise; semiconductor lasers; signal sampling; synchronisation; time division multiplexing; 160 Gbit/s; OTDM signal; clock recovery; electrooptic feedback loop; fiber transmission line; mode-locked laser diode; optical time-division multiplexing signal; recovered clock; simultaneous demultiplexing; symmetric Mach-Zehnder switch; synchronous optical sampling; Clocks; Demultiplexing; Feedback loop; High speed optical techniques; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical transmitters; Switches; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.813441

Filename

1206791