Alberto Bilenca
Senior Academic
All-optical processing by fiber delay and four-wave mixing of high-bit-rate nonreturn-to-zero signals for timing extraction by optical injection locking
In this letter, we report on all-optical processing scheme which generates a strong spectral component at the bit rate frequency of a high-speed nonreturn-to-zero data stream. The processed signal can be used for timing extraction by direct optical injection locking. The scheme is based on multiplying the data signal by its delayed replica. A dispersion compensating fiber serves as a delay line and the multiplication is performed by four-wave mixing in a dispersion-shifted fiber. Simulated results and experimental confirmations are demonstrated.
| Publication language | English |
| Pages | 852-854 |
| Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 01.06.2002 |
Keywords
Carrier-to-noise ratio
Nonlinear optics
Timing circuit
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
