• DocumentCode
    1003205
  • Title

    All-optical clock distribution with synchronous frequency division and multiplication

  • Author

    Farrell, Gerald ; Phelan, P. ; Hegarty, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Trinity Coll., Dublin, Ireland
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    15
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    7/16/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1387
  • Lastpage
    1388
  • Abstract
    A master optical clock from a mode locked laser is distributed to two slave twin section lasers. One slave laser divides the optical modulation frequency by 2, the other slave laser multiples the frequency by 2. It is also possible to vary the multiplication-division ratio in a slave laser using only DC control of the absorber of the twin section laser.
  • Keywords
    clocks; frequency dividers; frequency multipliers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical modulation; semiconductor junction lasers; DC control; all optical clock distribution; master optical clock; mode locked laser; multiplication-division ratio; optical modulation frequency; slave twin section lasers; synchronous frequency division; synchronous frequency multiplication;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19920882
  • Filename
    256029