Title :
Simultaneous optical demultiplexing and clock recovery using four-wave mixing and timing extraction inside a single electroabsorption modulator
Author :
Awad, Ehab S. ; Cho, Pak S. ; Moulton, Norman ; Goldhar, Julius
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
We report novel technique using single EAM to perform two simultaneous operations: all-optical timing extraction using fast absorption-saturation, and FWM. The extracted timing provides recovered clock, while 80 Gbit/s all-optical demultiplexing was achieved with FWM.
Keywords :
demultiplexing; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; multiwave mixing; optical communication; synchronisation; timing; 80 Gbit/s; EAM; FWM; all-optical timing extraction; clock recovery; fast absorption-saturation; four-wave mixing; optical demultiplexing; simultaneous operation; single electroabsorption modulator; timing extraction;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
