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
fDate :
7/16/1992 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19920882
