Performance and scalability of an all-optical clock recovery figure eight laser

A novel geometry for all-optical clock recovery using a semiconductor amplifier yields a strong locking mechanism in a short cavity. The recovered clock has a large locking bandwidth, low timing jitter, and fast lock-up time at a 2.5 GHz rate. Preliminary results at a 9 GHz rate also indicate a high...

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Published in:IEEE photonics technology letters 1996-01, Vol.8 (1), p.55-57
Main Authors: Adams, L.E., Kintzer, E.S., Fujimoto, J.G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Band pass filters
Clocks
Erbium-doped fiber lasers
Geometrical optics
Laser mode locking
Optical signal processing
Scalability
Semiconductor lasers
Semiconductor optical amplifiers
Timing jitter
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Summary:A novel geometry for all-optical clock recovery using a semiconductor amplifier yields a strong locking mechanism in a short cavity. The recovered clock has a large locking bandwidth, low timing jitter, and fast lock-up time at a 2.5 GHz rate. Preliminary results at a 9 GHz rate also indicate a high quality recovered clock.
ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/68.475776