Title :
20 GHz all-optical clock recovery based on fibre laser mode-locking with fibre nonlinear loop mirror as variable intensity/phase modulator
Author :
Bigo, S. ; Desurvire, E.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Alsthom Recherche, Marcoussis
fDate :
10/12/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
All-optical clock recovery is demonstrated at 20 Gbit/s with a fibre-based nonlinear loop mirror used as an intracavity modulator in a mode-locked fibre laser. The effect of combining AM and FM modulation simultaneously is analysed theoretically and experimentally
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; optical solitons; 20 Gbit/s; AM modulation; FM modulation; all-optical clock recovery; fibre laser mode-locking; fibre nonlinear loop mirror; intracavity modulator; variable intensity/phase modulator;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
