提出了一种利用Fabry-Perot(FP)半导体激光器同步提取波长转换的分路光时钟的新方法,并对该方法进行了数值模拟和实验验证.光注入半导体激光器会产生非线性单周期振荡特性,利用交叉增益调制效应及对单周期振荡的微波锁频效应,可从光时分复用信号中提取出波长转换的分路光时钟.采用一个FP半导体激光器作为全光分路时钟提取及波长转换器,数值模拟实现了从波长为1555nm、速率为2×20Gb/s的光时分复用信号中提取出波长转换为1550nm、重复频率为20GHz的分路光时钟,实验完成了从波长为1550.24nm、重复频率为12.36GHz光脉冲信号中提取出相位噪声为-105dBc/Hz的波长为1545.91nm、重复频率6.18GHz的分频光时钟.此外还详细研究了注入光功率、波长失谐、FP激光器偏置电流及纵模选择对光时钟提取的影响,实验结果和数值模拟结果符合.该方法在光时分复用混合波分复用通信系统中实现全光解复用及波长路由有着重要的应用价值.
We propose and demonstrate a novel technique that uses a Fabry-Perot laser diode(FP-LD)to perform simultaneous all-optical individual channel clock extraction and wavelength conversion.The nonlinear dynamical period-1 oscillation can occur when a semiconductor laser is optically injected.By utilizing the cross-gain modulation effect and the period-1 oscillation harmonic frequency-locked in an optically injected semiconductor laser,we can extract the wavelength conversional individual channel optical clock from the optical-time-division-multiplexing(OTDM)signal.In a FP-LD,we numerically simulate the extraction of 20 GHz optical clock at 1550 nm from the 2×20 Gb/s OTDM signal at 1555 nm,and experimentally obtain the-105 dBc/Hz phase noise frequency division clock of 12.36 GHz to 6.18 GHz with simultaneous wavelength conversion from 1550.24 nm to 1545.91 nm.Moreover,we investigate the influence of the injection optical power level,wavelength detuning,the FP-LD's bias current level and the longitudinal mode selection on the optical clock extraction.This method is potential to technologically apply in the all-optical demultiplexing and wavelength routing in the OTDM mixed wavelength-division-multiplexing(WDM)communication system.