Title :
Simultaneous clock recovery for 160 gbit/s optical time-division multiplexing signal using phase modulation
Author :
Zhang, S.J. ; Liu, Yanbing ; Gomez-Agis, Fausto ; Tangdiongga, E. ; Dorren, H.J.S.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Optoelectron. Inf., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China
Abstract :
A phase-comparator-free clock recovery is proposed based on adding the base-rate clock to the optical time-division multiplexing signal through phase modulation. Successful retrieval of 10 GHz base-rate clock and error-free operation of 160 to 40 Gbit/s demultiplexing are demonstrated.
Keywords :
demultiplexing; optical modulation; phase comparators; phase modulation; synchronisation; time division multiplexing; base-rate clock; bit rate 160 Gbit/s to 40 Gbit/s; demultiplexing; error-free operation; frequency 10 GHz; optical time-division multiplexing signal; phase modulation; phase-comparator-free clock recovery;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2011.2403
