All-optical clock division with mode-locked figure-eight laser based on the slow carrier recovery rate in semiconductor optical amplifier

Lei Xu, Minyu Yao, Bing C. Wang, Ivan Glesk, Paul R. Prucnal

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Abstract

With a mode-locked figure-eight laser, we demonstrate the clock division operation using a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) with a slow carrier recovery rate. We show stable clock division at 2.5 GHz and two output states at half the repetition rate of the 10-GHz input pulses. The forming pulses in the laser cavity will interact with each other at the onset of mode locking when the SOA in the laser has a relatively slow carrier recovery rate. A numerical model of the laser is built to simulate the generation of clock division.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)402-404
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume14
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2002
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

  • Mode-locked lasers
  • Optical communication
  • Semiconductor optical amplifiers
  • Time-division multiplexing

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