Pulsed injection locking dynamics of passively mode-locked external-cavity semiconductor laser systems for all-optical clock recovery

    Authors

    B. K. Mathason;P. J. Delfyett

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Lightwave Technol.

    Keywords

    mode-locked semiconductor lasers; optical clock recovery; optical; communications; semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA's); DIODE-LASERS; NOISE; NONLINEARITY; ABSORPTION; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Optics; Telecommunications

    Abstract

    The performance characteristics of a pulse injection locked, passively mode-locked (PML) external-cavity semiconductor laser system for all-optical clock recovery are investigated in detail. It is important to characterize the clock recovery dynamics to understand the fundamental capabilities and limitations of the clock recovery system. It is experimentally shown that these devices offer robust clock recovery with low phase and amplitude noise, low injected data power requirements, large frequency locking bandwidth, large phase tracking bandwidth, short lockup time, long dephasing time and immunity to bit-pattern-effects, Harmonic clock generation and subharmonic clock generation are demonstrated for data-rate conversion applications.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Lightwave Technology

    Volume

    18

    Issue/Number

    8

    Publication Date

    1-1-2000

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1111

    Last Page

    1120

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000088621500008

    ISSN

    0733-8724

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