Title :
Ultra-fast clock recovery by all-optical PLL
Author :
Porzi, Claudio ; Ghelfi, Paolo ; Ponzini, Filippo ; Bogoni, Antonella ; Poti, Luca
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore S. Anna, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
An all optical phase-locked loop (OPLL) composed by an optical voltage-controlled oscillator (OVCO), and an ultra-fast optical phase-comparator (OPC) is presented. 10 GHz pre-scaled clock extraction from a 40 GHz multiplexed signal is demonstrated.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical phase locked loops; synchronisation; time division multiplexing; 10 GHz; 40 GHz; all-optical PLL; multiplexed signal; optical phase-comparator; optical phase-locked loop; optical voltage-controlled oscillator; prescaled clock extraction; ultrafast clock recovery; Clocks; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Optical filters; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Phase locked loops; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Ultrafast optics; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251826
