Title :
30 Gbps, broadly tunable, all-optical, clock recovery circuit
Author :
Vlachos, K. ; Theophilopoulos, G. ; Hatziefremidis, A. ; Avramopoulos, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece
Abstract :
Optical clock recovery is demonstrated up to 30 Gbps, with very low modulation pattern even for long series of consecutive 0´s. The circuit uses all-optical gain modulation of a SOA in a fiber ring laser.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; optical communication equipment; optical fiber amplifiers; ring lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; synchronization; SOA; all-optical gain modulation; broadly tunable all-optical clock recovery circuit; fiber ring laser; optical clock recovery; very low modulation pattern; Bit error rate; Clocks; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868571
