40 Gbit/s demultiplexing experiment with 10 GHzall-optical clockrecovery using a modelocked semiconductor laser

R. Ludwig, A. Ehrhardt, W. Pieper, E. Jahn, Nidhi Agrawal, H.J. Ehrke, L. Küller, H.G. Weber

Electronics Letters · 1996 · 57 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

A 40 Gbit/s time-division multiplexed signal was demultiplexed to 10 Gbit/s using a single modelocked semiconductor laser as the clock source. The pulses of the laser directly control an all-optical switch for demultiplexing.

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