Abstract
Conventional all-optical feedback-based clock recovery techniques for optical time-domain multiplexing (OTDM) networks place restrictions on the allowed data patterns that can be transmitted. We propose a data-independent clock distribution solution based on amplitude discrimination and experimentally demonstrate it in an 80 Gbits/s self-clocked OTDM transmission. According to the method a single OTDM subchannel is used for exchanging clock information. All processing is performed all optically in low latency nonlinear-optical-loop- mirror-based switches with short (~10 m) nonlinear elements.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 944-946 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Optics Letters |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1 2009 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics