Title :
Optical clock recovery employing an optical PLL using cross-phase modulation in a Sagnac-interferometer
Author :
Oxenlowe, L.K. ; Schubert, C. ; Schmidt, C. ; Hilliger, E. ; Berger, J. ; Feiste, U. ; Ludwig, R. ; Weber, H.G.
Author_Institution :
Res. Center COM, Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Clock recovery (CR) is an essential part of any transmission system. In this paper, we propose a new type of optical clock recovery based on an optical PLL, where a SLALOM (Eiselt et al., 1995) acts as an ultrafast phase comparator. The scheme has been demonstrated successfully at bit rates up to 160 Gb/s.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser mirrors; light interferometers; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; optical phase locked loops; phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; synchronisation; 40 to 160 Gbit/s; SLALOM ultrafast phase comparator; Sagnac-interferometer; clock recovery; cross-phase modulation; optical PLL; optical clock recovery; transmission system; Clocks; Distributed feedback devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Phase locked loops; Phase noise; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-662-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2001.948126
