160-Gbit/s clock recovery using an electro-absorption modulator and 40-Gbit/s ETDM demultiplexer

Abstract

A 10-GHz clock recovery from a 16×10-Gbit/s optical time-division-multiplexed (OTDM) data stream is experimentally demonstrated using an electro-absorption modulator and 40-Gbit/s electric time-division-multiplexed (ETDM) demultiplexer. The recovered clock signal exhibits excellent stability, with root mean square (RMS) jitter of 328 and 345 fs corresponding to back-to-back and transmission over 100 km, respectively.

Keywords

optical time-division-multiplexed (OTDM) / clock recovery / 160-Gbit/s

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing (No. 4062027), the High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Nos. 2007AA01Z258, 2008AA01Z15), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60877042, 60837002).

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