All-optical, bit-rate tunable clock recovery for NRZ-ASK signals

Author

Xie, Yanqiao ; Gao, Ying ; Fu, Jiaojiao ; Gao, Shiming

Author_Institution

Centre for Opt. & Electromagn. Res., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China

fYear

2009

fDate

30-3 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

All-optical clock recovery is demonstrated for non-return-to-zero amplitude-shift-keying (NRZ-ASK) signals with various bit-rates using a passive asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer (AMI) assisted mode-locked fiber laser. It is available for the bit-rates range from 2.5 to 7.5 Gb/s.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; amplitude shift keying; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer; bit rate 2.5 Gbit/s to 7.5 Gbit/s; bit-rate tunable clock recovery; mode-locked fiber laser; non-return-to-zero amplitude-shift-keying signals; Ambient intelligence; Bit rate; Chromium; Clocks; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical signal processing; Tunable circuits and devices; Clock recovery; fiber optics communications; highly nonlinear fiber; non-return-to-zero;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3829-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3830-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292149

Filename

5292149