X. Zhou et al., A performance analysis of all-optical clock extraction circuit based on stimulated brillouin scattering, J LIGHTW T, 18(10), 2000, pp. 1453-1466
In this paper, we develop an analytical method to deal with the timing perf
ormance in an optical clock extraction circuit based on stimulated Brilloui
n scattering (SBS), Three kinds of SBS active filters are considered and th
eir frequency-transfer functions are obtained under the assumption that pum
p depletion caused by SBS is negligible. When pump depletion is taken into
account, an SBS active filter acts as a nonlinear filter. To investigate th
e timing performance at this situation, we introduce the concept of "dynami
c frequency-transfer function" to describe its frequency-response property
for a fixed-signal light and pump light. Using the obtained "Frequency-tran
sfer function," we give analytical expressions for both root-mean-square (r
ms) phase jitter and rms amplitude jitter of the extracted optical clock, i
n which we have taken the impacts of SBS gain, pump light linewidth, optica
l pulse chirp, and pump detuning into account. Finally, a detailed numerica
l investigation on the timing performance for the three active filters is p
resented.