Title :
All-optical clock recovery using a modelocked figure eight laser with a semiconductor nonlinearity
Author :
Kintzer, E.S. ; Fujimoto, J.G.
fDate :
9/29/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel geometry for all-optical clock recovery is demonstrated using a semiconductor laser amplifier in a nonlinear optical loop mirror to modelock a figure eight laser. A clock signal can be recovered over a broad locking bandwidth of 0.5 MHz when random data at 1 Gbit/s are input to the system
Keywords :
clocks; laser accessories; laser mode locking; mirrors; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; semiconductor lasers; 0.5 MHz; 1 Gbit/s; all-optical clock recovery; modelocked figure eight laser; nonlinear optical loop mirror; semiconductor nonlinearity;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19941172
