Title :
Up to 425 GHz all optical frequency down-conversion clock recovery based on quantum dash Fabry-Perot mode-locked laser
Author :
Silva, M. Costa e ; Lagrost, A. ; Bramerie, L. ; Gay, M. ; Besnard, P. ; Joindot, M. ; Simon, J.C. ; Shen, A. ; Duan, G.H.
Author_Institution :
FOTON CNRS UMR 6082, Lannion, France
Abstract :
We demonstrate that quantum-dash mode-locked laser can perform all optical frequency down-conversion clock recovery up to 425 GHz. We measured 0.3 dB penalty on the optical recovered clock for 170 Gbit/s signal.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot interferometers; laser mode locking; optical communication equipment; optical frequency conversion; quantum dash lasers; synchronisation; all optical frequency down-conversion; bit rate 170 Gbit/s; clock recovery; laser mode locking; quantum dash Fabry-Perot laser; Clocks; Fabry-Perot; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Optical character recognition software; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical receivers; Quantum dots;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
