160-Gbit/s clock recovery using an electro-absorption modulator and 40-Gbit/s ETDM demultiplexer

Abstract

A 10-GHz clock recovery from a 16Â10-Gbit/s optical time-division-multiplexed (OTDM) data stream is experimentally demonstrated using an electro-absorption modulator and 40-Gbit/s electric time-division-multiplexed (ETDM) demultiplexer. The recovered clock signal exhibits excellent stability, with root square (RMS) jitter of 328 and 345 fs corresponding to back-to-back and transmission over 100 km, respectively.