Title :
All-optical subharmonic clock recovery and demultiplexing
Author :
Yokoyama, H. ; Hashimoto, Y. ; Kurita, H. ; Ogura, I.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. & High Frequency Device Labs., NEC Corp., Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
We have achieved a phase stabilized an-optical subharmonic clock recovery through a cascading two-stage optical-pulse-injection synchronization of mode-locked diode lasers. Based on this clock recovery scheme, successful 40 to 10 Gbps optical demultiplexing was also demonstrated.
Keywords :
demultiplexing; laser mode locking; quantum well lasers; synchronization; time division multiplexing; 40 Gbit/s; Gbps optical demultiplexing; all-optical subharmonic clock recovery; clock recovery scheme; demultiplexing; mode-locked diode lasers; phase stabilized an-optical subharmonic clock recover; two-stage optical-pulse-injection synchronization; Clocks; Data mining; Demultiplexing; Frequency synchronization; Optical feedback; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868574
