All-optical clock recovery using a modelocked figure eight laser with a semiconductor nonlinearity

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A novel geometry for all-optical clock recovery is demonstrated using a semiconductor laser amplifier in a nonlinear optical loop mirror to modelock a figure eight laser. A clock signal can be recovered over a broad locking bandwidth of 0.5 MHz when random data at 1 Gbit/s are input to the system.

Inspec keywords: nonlinear optics; semiconductor lasers; clocks; laser accessories; optical communication equipment; laser mode locking; mirrors

Other keywords: 0.5 MHz; 1 Gbit/s; modelocked figure eight laser; semiconductor nonlinearity; nonlinear optical loop mirror; all-optical clock recovery

Subjects: Laser accessories and instrumentation; Semiconductor lasers; Optical communication; Nonlinear optics and devices

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