Provided is an apparatus for an optical clock extraction, which is capable
of providing high optical amplification rate and more efficient noise
cancellation by using a Fabry-Perot (FP) filter and an optical amplifier.
In the apparatus, an optical circulator changes a direction of an
inputted optical signal. The FP filter extracts different frequency
components existing on a spectrum of the inputted optical signal and
being spaced apart by a clock frequency, removes noise from a reflected
and amplified optical signal, and transmits the resulting signal to the
optical circulator. An optical amplifier performs a primary amplification
to equalize two different frequency components outputted from the filter,
and performs a secondary amplification on an optical signal reflected and
fed back thereto. A reflector reflects the primarily-amplified optical
signal to the optical amplifier.