• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 35, Issue 3, 306001 (2015)
Ma Chuang1、*, Jiang Yang1, Jia Shi2, Bai Guangfu1, Hu Lin1, Shan Yuanyan1, Liang Jianhui1, Li Hongxia1, and Yu Jinlong2
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    DOI: 10.3788/aos201535.0306001 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Ma Chuang, Jiang Yang, Jia Shi, Bai Guangfu, Hu Lin, Shan Yuanyan, Liang Jianhui, Li Hongxia, Yu Jinlong. All-Optical Clock Extraction Based on Injection-Locked Semiconductor Laser[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2015, 35(3): 306001 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A scheme of all-optical clock extraction based on injection locked semiconductor laser is proposed and demonstrated. In the scheme, optical carrier and one clock component of return-to-zero (RZ) signal lock two semiconductor lasers to obtain the phase locked optical outputs. When these two components are coupled together, the recovery clock signal is achieved. Two distributed feedback (DFB) lasers are used to extract the clock signal of a 10 Gb/s RZ signal experimentally. This scheme is very flexible in dynamic range of injected power, tunability and stability requirements of signal wavelength. This novel technique also has potential in integration and practicability.
    Ma Chuang, Jiang Yang, Jia Shi, Bai Guangfu, Hu Lin, Shan Yuanyan, Liang Jianhui, Li Hongxia, Yu Jinlong. All-Optical Clock Extraction Based on Injection-Locked Semiconductor Laser[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2015, 35(3): 306001
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