DocumentCode
1023938
Title
Self-starting photonic clock using semiconductor optical amplifier based Mach-Zehnder interferometer
Author
Chan, A.W.L. ; Lee, K.L. ; Shu, C.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, China
Volume
40
Issue
13
fYear
2004
fDate
6/24/2004 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
827
Lastpage
828
Abstract
A novel self-starting photonic clock device is proposed. The device generates photonic clock signals passively by utilising cross-phase modulation in a DC biased semiconductor optical amplifier based Mach-Zehnder interferometer (SOA-MZI) with optical feedback loop(s) and a continuous-wave laser source. Generation of a 950 MHz clock signal is demonstrated.
Keywords
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; frequency synthesizers; optical feedback; optical modulation; phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 950 MHz; continuous-wave laser source; cross-phase modulation; optical feedback loops; self-starting photonic clock; semiconductor optical amplifier based Mach-Zehnder interferometer;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20040513
Filename
1309745
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