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Synchronization, retiming and time-division multiplexing of an asynchronous 10 Gigabit NRZ Ethernet packet to terabit

Hao Hu1, Janaina L Areal, Hans Christian Hansen Mulvad

  • 1DTU Fotonik, Department of Photonics Engineering,Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads, Building 343, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark. huhao@fotonik.dtu.dk

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|January 26, 2012
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