Panda Microring Resonator (PMRR) to Generate 90 GHz Free Spectral Range (FSR) Solitonic Signals Used for Telecommunication Applications

Abstract

In this work optical solitons carrier generation in a nonlinear waveguide microring resonator (MRR) is simulated and presented. Therefore, a system comprises of a W-band (75 to 110 GHz) optical millimeter wave generation using a Panda microring resonator (PMRR) is presented. A bright soliton with a central frequency of 50 GHz and power of 1 W is introduced into the PMRR. The optical Kerr effect manifests itself temporally as self-phase modulation, a self-induced phase- and frequency-shift of a pulse of light as it travels through a medium. Large bandwidth within the microring device can be generated by using a soliton spectrum input into the nonlinear PMRR. The 90 GHz free spectral range (FSR) solitonic signals were simply generated by adjusting the system parameters. By beating the closely center frequencies of the solitonic signals, we can obtain a center frequency which corresponds to that spacing as millimeter wave used for many applications in signal processing and communications such as wireless cable systems and indoor–outdoor communication.