Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 35, Issue 3, 306001(2015)

All-Optical Clock Extraction Based on Injection-Locked Semiconductor Laser

Ma Chuang1、*, Jiang Yang1, Jia Shi2, Bai Guangfu1, Hu Lin1, Shan Yuanyan1, Liang Jianhui1, Li Hongxia1, and Yu Jinlong2
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    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.

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    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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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Sep. 22, 2014

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Feb. 4, 2015

    The Author Email: Chuang Ma (ma782494714@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/aos201535.0306001

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