Standard-compliant jitter transfer function of all-optical clock recovery at 40 GHz based on a quantum-dot self-pulsating semiconductor laser

Author

Renaudier, J. ; Lavigne, B. ; Lelarge, F. ; Jourdran, M. ; Dagens, B. ; Legouezigou, O. ; Gallion, P. ; Duan, G.H.

Author_Institution

Alcatel-Thales III-V Lab., Marcoussis

Volume

18

Issue

11

fYear

2006

fDate

6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1249

Lastpage

1251

Abstract

This letter reports on all-optical clock recovery over 40-Gb/s signal using a quantum-dot (QD)-based self-pulsating (SP) laser. In particular, the jitter transfer function from the input signal to the recovered clock is measured for the first time. We clearly demonstrate that, thanks to the narrow spectral linewidth of the free-running SP signal, the QD-based laser allows the suppression of high frequency jitter, and the cutoff frequency is exactly that required by the ITU-T recommendation G825.1 at 40 GHz

Keywords

optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical pulse generation; optical transfer function; quantum dot lasers; spectral line narrowing; synchronisation; telecommunication standards; timing jitter; 40 GHz; 40 Gbit/s; ITU-T standard; all-optical clock recovery; jitter transfer function; narrow spectral linewidth; quantum-dot self-pulsating semiconductor laser; Clocks; Cutoff frequency; Jitter; Laser beam cutting; Optical signal processing; Quantum dots; Quantum well lasers; Repeaters; Semiconductor lasers; Transfer functions; Clock recovery; self-pulsation; semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.875338

Filename

1634559