Title :
Software-synchronized all-optical sampling
Author :
Westlund, M. ; Sunnerud, H. ; Karlsson, M. ; Andrekson, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microelectron., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
Abstract :
A software-synchronized all-optical sampling system requiring no clock-recovery is demonstrated experimentally for the first time. The synchronization algorithm is bit rate and modulation format independent and very robust towards severe signal degradations.
Keywords :
signal sampling; synchronisation; telecommunication networks; bit rate; modulation format; software-synchronized all-optical sampling; synchronization algorithm; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Clocks; Dispersion; Frequency synchronization; Modulation; Monitoring; Optical sensors; Robustness; Sampling methods;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248303
