Title :
160-Gbit/s packet clock distribution with instantaneous synchronization and low timing jitter
Author :
Gomez-Agis, Fausto ; Calabretta, Nicola ; Albores-Mejia, Aaron ; Raz, Oded ; Dorren, Harm J S
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
A novel packet clock distribution concept based on insertion of in-band clock pilot is presented. Experimental results for 160 Gbit/s OTDM packet data indicate a low timing jitter of 250 fs for the bursty clock enabling error-free operation with 1 dB penalty.
Keywords :
clocks; jitter; optical switches; synchronisation; OTDM packet data; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; bursty clock; in-band clock pilot; instantaneous synchronization; low timing jitter; packet clock distribution; time 250 fs; Bit error rate; Bragg gratings; Clocks; Optical packet switching; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Synchronization;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621485
