Ultrafast locking optical clock for IP packet switching applications

Siegfried Bauer, C. Bornholdt, O. Brox, D. Hoffmann, Martin G. Möhrle, Gökhan Şahin, B. Sartorius, S. Schelhase

2002 · 12 citations · 3 references

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Abstract

The locking time of an all-optical clock is investigated. Self-pulsating, DFB lasers with detuned gratings are applied the clock locks within 10 "one" bits (1 ns) to injected data packets and keeps synchronized for some hundred "zero" bits.

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