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Simulation of mode lock lasers using microring resonators integrated with InGaAsP saturable absorbers

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Add-drop microring resonators (MRRs) are used in a wide variety of practical applications. To add or drop special wavelength division multiplexing, an optical wavelength selective ring resonator can be used. This paper presents a system of multiple mode lock lasers consisting of an add-drop MRR integrated into a smaller ring with a saturable absorber (SA). In the case of mode-locking, a semiconductor is presented as the SA. This study uses an InGaAsP/InP semiconductor with an InP substrate and a direct bandgap as the MRR. The time-domain traveling wave method is utilized to model the presented photonic circuits. The generated multi-wavelength mode lock lasers have a bandwidth and free spectral range (FSR) of 1.1 and 30.24 nm, corresponding to 0.137 and 3.77 THz, respectively. The drop port output signals have a bandwidth and FSR of 1.5 and 30.24 nm, corresponding to 0.187 and 3.77 THz in the frequency domain. A finesse of 20.16 is obtained, and the Q-factor is ~1 × 103. The side bands of the mode lock lasers have an FSR of 0.86 nm.

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  1. Department for Management of Science and Technology Development, Ton Duc Thang University, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    I. S. Amiri & P. Yupapin

  2. Faculty of Applied Sciences, Ton Duc Thang University, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    I. S. Amiri

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

    M. M. Ariannejad & H. Ahmad

  4. Faculty of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    P. Yupapin

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Amiri, I.S., Ariannejad, M.M., Ahmad, H. et al. Simulation of mode lock lasers using microring resonators integrated with InGaAsP saturable absorbers. Indian J Phys 91, 1411–1415 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-017-1039-6

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