Dispersion Insensitive, High-Speed Optical Clock Recovery Based on a Mode-Locked Laser Diode

P.J. Maguire (1) , Douglas A. Reid (1) , Liam P. Barry (1) , Arthur O'Hare (2) , Sebastien Lobo (3) , Vincent Roncin (3) , Mathilde Gay (3) , Laurent Bramerie (3) , Jean-Claude Simon (3)

1 RINCE - Research Institute for Networks and Communications Engineering
2 DIT School of Physics
3 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON

An investigation into the effects of varying levels of chromatic dispersion on a Mode-Locked Laser Diode optical clock recovery process is presented. Results demonstrate that this technique is invariant to input dispersion varying between ±75 ps/nm.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

P.J. Maguire, Douglas A. Reid, Liam P. Barry, Arthur O'Hare, Sebastien Lobo, et al.. Dispersion Insensitive, High-Speed Optical Clock Recovery Based on a Mode-Locked Laser Diode. Optical Fiber Communication conference and National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2008 (OFC/NFOEC 2008), Feb 2008, San Diego (CA), United States. pp.1-3, ⟨10.1109/OFC.2008.4528770⟩. ⟨hal-00276713⟩