Local generator with PLL for phase synchronization of clock signal with bits in optical pulse stream

摘要

A phase-lock loop (PLL) is formed by a voltage-controlled oscillator (51), a local optical pulse source (2), an optical branching device (12) for branching the locally generated optical pulse stream from the local optical pulse source (52), a harmonic component local generation part (30) for locally generating harmonic component electrical signal from the one of two branched locally generated optical pulse streams, and a phase comparison part (40) for comparing the phases of the locally generated harmonic component electrical signal and an incoming signal component electrical signal generated from an incoming optical signal pulse stream and for supplying the voltage-controlled oscillator (51) with a control voltage corresponding to the phase difference between the two input electrical signal. The other branched output from the optical branching device (12) is output as a locally generated optical pulse stream bit-phase synchronized with the incoming optical signal pulse stream.