Title :
All-optical clock extraction performance of a mode-locked diode laser with a novel external-cavity configuration
Author :
Shimizu, Takanori ; Kurita, Hisakazu ; Yokoyama, Hiroyuki
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. & High Frequency Device Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
Optical clock recovery, where optical clock pulses are synchronized to ultrahigh-speed optical signals are extracted for use in optical demultiplexers and repeaters, is one of the key techniques for achieving ultrahigh-speed optical time-division multiplexing (OTDM) systems. We present a mode-locked diode laser with an external-cavity configuration that is specially designed for optical clock extraction
Keywords :
clocks; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; multiplexing equipment; optical pulse generation; optical repeaters; semiconductor lasers; time division multiplexing; OTDM systems; all-optical clock extraction performance; external-cavity configuration; mode-locked diode laser; optical clock extraction; optical clock pulse synchronisation; optical clock recovery; optical demultiplexers; optical repeaters; ultrahigh-speed optical signals; ultrahigh-speed optical time-division multiplexing; Clocks; Demultiplexing; Diode lasers; Frequency synchronization; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4947-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1998.737706
