Self-synchronization of 100-Gbit/s TDM packets using a semiconductor laser amplifier and an intensity discriminator

Author

Kao, Y.-H. ; Liang, Y. ; Xia, T.J. ; Ahn, K.H. ; Lou, J.W. ; Nowak, G.A. ; Boyraz, O. ; Islam, M.N.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

503

Lastpage

504

Abstract

Summary form only given. Using a semiconductor laser amplifier followed by an intensity discriminator, we demonstrate packet clock extraction from a 100-Gbit/s eight-bit packet where the first pulse is 20 dB higher than the remaining bits. This extracted pulse can be used to process high-speed packets with low timing jitter within each packet frame. Previous demonstrations of self-synchronization have involved marker pulses at different wavelengths, polarization, intensity, or bit period. Our scheme allows all pulses in the packet to be identical, which simplifies packet generation and propagation in high-speed TDM systems.

Keywords

optical communication equipment; optical saturation; packet switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; synchronisation; timing jitter; 100 Gbit/s; MQW SOA; TDM packets; gain saturation; high-speed TDM systems; high-speed packets; intensity discriminator; low timing jitter; nonlinear optical loop mirror; packet clock extraction; packet routing; self-synchronization; semiconductor laser amplifier; ultrafast optical sampling; Noise reduction; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Spontaneous emission; Stimulated emission; Time division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.676550

Filename

676550