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NOLM oscillator and its injection locking technique for timing clock extraction and demultiplexing

Masataka Nakazawa, +2 more
- 06 Jun 1996 - 
- Vol. 32, Iss: 12, pp 1122-1123
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In this paper, a regeneratively mode-locked opto-electric oscillator using a nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) is presented, where part of the NOLM output is led to a clock extraction circuit, and the extracted signal is fedback to a gainswitched laser diode which is used as a control pulse.
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A new regeneratively mode-locked opto-electric oscillator, using a nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM), is presented. Part of the NOLM output is led to a clock extraction circuit, and the extracted signal is fedback to a gainswitched laser diode which is used as a control pulse. When a CW input beam is coupled into the NOLM, the electro-optic feedback circuit initiates the pulse oscillation. The authors generated a 9 ps optical pulse train at 10 GHz.

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A terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer (TOAD)

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TL;DR: A novel device arrangement for all-optical switching that permits efficient exploitation of waveguide nonlinearities is discussed, based on a long optical fiber loop mirror with an integral short asymmetrically located optical amplifier.
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