Title :
All-optical control of clock frequency division using injection-locked Fabry-Perot laser diode
Author :
Chow, K.K. ; Shu, C. ; Liu, H.F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
fDate :
7/24/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
All-optical clock-division from 10 to 5 GHz has been demonstrated based on period doubling in an injection-locked Fabry-Perot laser diode. The division process can be controlled by additional light injection through optical tuning of the laser relaxation oscillation frequency. A response time within tens of picoseconds has been obtained. By adjusting the DC bias, the clock-divider can also operate under different input frequencies from 8 to 11 GHz.
Keywords :
frequency dividers; laser mode locking; laser tuning; nonlinear optics; optical control; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; time division multiplexing; 10 GHz; 5 GHz; 8 to 11 GHz; DC bias adjustment; additional light injection; all-optical control; clock frequency division; injection-locked Fabry-Perot laser diode; input frequencies; laser relaxation oscillation frequency; optical time-division-multiplexing; optical tuning; period doubling; response time;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20030751
