Sub-Nanosecond Clock and Data Recovery in an Optically-Switched Data Centre Network

Kari A. Clark, Hitesh Ballani, Polina Bayvel, Daniel Cletheroe, Thomas Gerard, Istvan Haller, Krzysztof Jóźwik, Kai Shi, Benn C. Thomsen, Philip M. Watts,

2018 · 47 citations · 2 references

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We demonstrate a clock and data recovery technique that achieves <625ps locking time for 25.6Gb/s-OOK and show its robustness under worst-case data centre temperature variation. The locking time was improved by 12×, making nanosecond optical switching viable in data centres.

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