All-Optical Clock Frequency Multiplication Based on SOA-assisted Mach-Zehnder Interfering

Author

Li, Zhengyong ; Wu, Chongqing ; Wang, Zhi ; Yang, S.S. ; Tian, C.Y.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Opt. Inf., Beijing Jiaotong Univ., Beijing

fYear

2008

fDate

8-11 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We present a novel scheme of all-optical clock frequency doubling and quadrupling based on Mach-Zehnder interfering with a polarization-sensitive semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). Then we experimentally demonstrate the frequency doubling of 5 G-bit/s optical clock signal, and quadruple 2.5 G-bit/s signal to stable short pulse train with pulse FWHH ~55 ps. Our relatively concise scheme is convenient to be upgraded to 40 G-bit/s and applicable to high-speed optical communications.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; high-speed optical techniques; light polarisation; optical fibre communication; optical harmonic generation; optical transmitters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; time division multiplexing; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; all-optical clock frequency multiplication; bit rate 2.5 Gbit/s; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; bit rate 5 Gbit/s; full width at half-height pulse; high-speed optical communication; optical signal frequency doubling; optical time division multiplexing; polarization-sensitive SOA; semiconductor optical amplifier; stable short pulse train; Clocks; Frequency conversion; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber communication; Optical harmonic generation; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

PhotonicsGlobal@Singapore, 2008. IPGC 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3901-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2906-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPGC.2008.4781487

Filename

4781487