Title :
A novel 40 Gb/s NRZ all-optical clock recovery
Author :
Contestabile, G. ; Calabretta, N. ; Ciaramella, E. ; Presi, M.
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna,, Pisa
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate 40 GHz all-optical clock recovery from a common 40 Gb/s NRZ signal. We first exploit a non-linear optical pre-processor and then use a semiconductor-assisted Fabry-Perot filter (FPF) for clock extraction
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical filters; optical information processing; semiconductor optical amplifiers; synchronisation; 40 Gbit/s; NRZ all-optical clock recovery; clock extraction; nonlinear optical pre-processor; semiconductor optical amplifier; semiconductor-assisted Fabry-Perot filter; Band pass filters; Clocks; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201810
