Widely Wavelength-Tunable Solitonic Pulse Generation Using InGaAsP/InP Microring Resonators

Abstract

Multi-optical solitonic carriers suitable for use in optical communication systems and telecommunications have been generated via microring resonators (MRRs) incorporating an add/drop filter system. The generated multi solitonic carriers utilizing the MRRs were sufficiently stable for transmitting in a free space channel while experiencing very low dispersion during propagation. Moreover, the technique used which is iterative method using MRRs allowed for greater number of channels as multi-channel generation that could be utilized in a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) system. Solitonic carriers were created, with each carrier possessing a free spectral range (FSR) of 12.45 GHz and a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 250 MHz.