Title :
All-Optical Clock Recovery Using the Temporal Talbot Effect
Author :
Pudo, D. ; Depa, M. ; Chen, L.R.
Author_Institution :
McGill Univ., Montreal
Abstract :
We demonstrate novel all-optical clock recovery for short pulse communication systems based on the temporal Talbot effect. By simply propagating a data stream through 80 km of single-mode fiber, we generate a periodic pulse train.
Keywords :
Talbot effect; optical fibre networks; optical pulse generation; synchronisation; all-optical clock recovery; distance 80 km; periodic pulse train; short pulse communication systems; single-mode fiber; temporal Talbot effect; Clocks; Dispersion; High speed optical techniques; Optical buffering; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Talbot effect;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348653
