Title :
Integrated MZI-based all-optical clock and data recovery for asynchronous variable packet length traffic
Author :
Tsiokos, D. ; Bakopoulos, P. ; Zouraraki, O. ; Maxwell, G. ; Poustie, A. ; Avramopoulos, H.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Commun. Res. Lab., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece
Abstract :
We demonstrate a compact, all-optical, packet clock and data recovery circuit that uses integrated MZIs. Clock is acquired within 2 bits irrespective of packet length and phase alignment. Error-free operation is demonstrated at 10 Gb/s.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; packet switching; synchronisation; telecommunication traffic; 10 Gbit/s; all-optical clock recovery; asynchronous packet length traffic; data recovery; error-free operation; integrated MZI; phase alignment; variable packet length traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
