Title : 
Clock distribution scheme using signal phase for channel identification in optical time division multiplexing
         
        
            Author : 
Kurosu, Takayuki ; Tanizawa, Ken ; Namiki, Shu
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol., Tsukuba, Japan
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We propose to use signal phase for clock distribution in OTDM to enable stable clock recovery and channel identification using minimum bandwidth. A stable 43-GHz optical clock recovery has been successfully demonstrated from 215-Gb/s OTDM signal.
         
        
            Keywords : 
clock distribution networks; optical communication; time division multiplexing; OTDM signal; channel identification; clock distribution scheme; frequency 43 GHz; minimum bandwidth; optical time division multiplexing; signal phase; Clocks; Nonlinear optics; Optical character recognition software; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical transmitters; Phase shift keying;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Los Angeles, CA
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4673-0262-3