Generation and transmission of tunable terahertz optical clock

Author

Yamamoto, T. ; Takara, H. ; Kawanishi, S.

Author_Institution

Network Innovation Labs., NTT Corp., Kanagawa, Japan

fYear

2002

fDate

5-8 Nov. 2002

Firstpage

97

Lastpage

100

Abstract

A method of generating an optical clock that can be tuned from 100 GHz to 1 THz and the transmission of the optical clock thorough a 20 km-long single-mode fiber are demonstrated. The generation method employs three techniques: the modulation of CW light by an electroabsorption modulator, pulse spectrum expansion through higher-order soliton compression, and spectrum filtering by using two fiber Bragg grating filters with tuning range of over 1 THz.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; clocks; electro-optical modulation; interference filters; microwave photonics; optical fibre communication; optical solitons; optical tuning; submillimetre wave generation; synchronisation; timing; 100 GHz to 1 THz; 20 km; CW light modulation; FBG filters; THz optical clock generation; electroabsorption modulator; fiber Bragg grating filters; higher-order soliton compression; optical clock transmission; pulse spectrum expansion; single-mode fiber; spectrum filtering; tunable terahertz optical clock; tuning; Clocks; Electrooptic modulation; Optical fiber communication; Optical solitons; Synchronization; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics, 2002. International Topical Meeting on

Print_ISBN

4-88552-187-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2002.1158869

Filename

1158869