Fast Optical Clock Recovery and Signal Regeneration Applications of a Monolithic Mode Locked Laser with DBR Mirrors and an Optical Amplifier
Conference: ECOC 2007 - 33rd European Conference and Exhibition of Optical Communication
09/16/2007 - 09/20/2007 at Berlin, Germany
Proceedings: ECOC 2007
Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Koch, Brian R.; Barton, Jonathan S.; Maanovic, Milan; Hu, Zhaoyang; Poulsen, Henrik N.; Bowers, John E.; Blumenthal, Daniel J. (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA)
Abstract:
We demonstrate optical packet clock recovery with locking in less than 700 ps (25 bits) using a novel device which is compatible with other monolithic components. Regenerative capabilities are analyzed using bit error rate tests.