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Multi wavelength mode-lock soliton generation using fiber laser loop coupled to an add-drop ring resonator

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The add-drop ring resonator system is the fundamental building block of optical transmission and communication systems. An add-drop microring resonator (MRR) consisting of a \(120\,\upmu \hbox {m}\) diameter loop of optical waveguide was used to filter the input spectrum of a mode-locked laser. The experimental setup is used to generate soliton mode-locked laser pulse, where we used the experimental data to model and simulate the propagation of the mode-locked soliton laser pulse within the MRR. The transmission characteristics of the through and drop ports output signals from this system are described in this paper. As results, multi-wavelength mode lock soliton with full width at half maximum and free spectral range (FSR) of 8 pm and 0.67 nm were generated respectively. The FSR of the input signals are enlarged significantly by the system, thus separating signal wavelengths by a resonator has been investigated. In the proposed scheme, FSR-spaced signals are leveraged as a means of obtaining higher bandwidth output signals while using an add-drop MRR.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support from University Malaya/MOHE under grant number UM.C/625/1/HIR/MOHE/SCI/29 and RU002/2013. S.E. Alavi would like to acknowledge the financial support from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) under Grant Number Q.J130000.2709.01K14.

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  1. Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    I. S. Amiri, M. R. K. Soltanian & H. Ahmad

  2. UTM MIMOS CoE in Telecommunication Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

    S. E. Alavi

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Amiri, I.S., Soltanian, M.R.K., Alavi, S.E. et al. Multi wavelength mode-lock soliton generation using fiber laser loop coupled to an add-drop ring resonator. Opt Quant Electron 47, 2455–2464 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-015-0125-2

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