All-optical clock frequency halving at 19.6 GHz based on period doubling in a semiconductor laser

Author

Ying Min Yang ; Hai Feng Liu

Author_Institution

Dept. Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Vic., Australia

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

17-22 March 2001

Abstract

All-optical clock frequency halving at 19.6 GHz is demonstrated by utilizing the nonlinear dynamics of semiconductor lasers advantageously. The quality of the frequency-divided clock signal is evaluated. Frequency-halved optical clock with a remarkably low level of phase noise (- 87 dBc/Hz @ 10 kHz offset frequency) is generated from a 19.6 GHz input optical clock. The generated clock exhibits a low phase noise over a large input frequency range of 400 MHz.

Keywords

clocks; laser noise; optical fibre networks; phase noise; semiconductor device noise; semiconductor lasers; time division multiplexing; 19.6 GHz; GHz input optical clock; all-optical clock frequency halving; frequency divided clock signal; kHz offset frequency; large input frequency range; low phase noise; nonlinear dynamics; period doubling; phase noise; semiconductor laser; Clocks; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical signal processing; Semiconductor lasers; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-655-9

Type

conf

Filename

928504