Drop and insert multiplexing with simultaneous clock recovery using an electroabsorption modulator

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 291-293

  Phillips, I D ^a   Gloag, A ^a   Moodie, D G ^b   Doran, N J ^a   Bennion, I ^a   Ellis, A D ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clock recovery; Drop and insert multiplexing; Electroabsorption modulator; OTDM demultiplexing; Phase locked loop

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LIGHT MODULATORS; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

CLOCK RECOVERY; ELECTROABSORPTION (EA) MODULATORS; OPTICAL TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (OTDM);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031996479     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.655388     Document Type: Article

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