title: System characterization of a passive 40 Gb/s All Optical Clock Recovery ahead of the receiver.
abstract: We report on a passive all-optical clock recovery technique based on data signal filtering with a Fabry-Perot filter, tested in a 40 Gb/s transmission system. We have simulated the clock recovery principle to choose the filter finesse and then investigate with experiment the method for 43 Gbit/s RZ signal clock recovery ahead of a receiver. We use Bit Error Rate assessment to demonstrate its system compatibility and to evaluate both its pattern sequence length tolerance and, for the first time, its clock locking range.
authors: CNRS FOTON-ENSSAT (UMR 6082), ENSSAT, 6 rue de Kerampont, 22305 Lannion cedex. vincent.roncin@enssat.fr
authors: Vincent
authors: V
authors: Roncin
authors: Sébastien
authors: S
authors: Lobo
authors: Laurent
authors: L
authors: Bramerie
authors: Arthur
authors: A
authors: O'Hare
authors: Jean-Claude
authors: JC
authors: Simon