Dual-wavelength thulium fluoride fiber laser based on SMF-TMSIF-SMF interferometer as potential source for microwave generationin 100-GHz region

A dual-wavelength thulium-doped fluoride fiber (TDFF) laser is presented. The generation of the TDFF laser is achieved with the incorporation of a single modemultimode- single mode (SMS) interferometer in the laser cavity. The simple SMS interferometer is fabricated using the combination of two-mode step index fiber and single-mode fiber. With this proposed design, as many as eight stable laser lines are experimentally demonstrated. Moreover, when a tunable bandpass filter is inserted in the laser cavity, a dual-wavelength TDFF laser can be achieved in a 1.5-μm region. By heterodyning the dual-wavelength laser, simulation results suggest that the generated microwave signals can be tuned from 105.678 to 106.524 GHz with a constant step of �0.14 GHz. The presented photonics-based microwave generation method could provide alternative solution for 5G signal sources in 100-GHz region

Dual-wavelength thulium fluoride fiber laser based on SMF-TMSIF-SMF interferometer as potential source for microwave generation in 100-g hz region

A dual-wavelength thulium-doped fluoride fiber (TDFF) laser is presented. The generation of the TDFF laser is achieved with the incorporation of a single modemultimode-single mode (SMS) interferometer in the laser cavity. The simple SMS interferometer is fabricated using the combination of two-mode step index fiber and single-mode fiber. With this proposed design, as many as eight stable laser lines are experimentally demonstrated. Moreover, when a tunable bandpass filter is inserted in the laser cavity, a dual-wavelength TDFF laser can be achieved in a 1.5-µm region. By heterodyning the dual-wavelength laser, simulation results suggest that the generated microwave signals can be tuned from 105.678 to 106.524 GHz with a constant step of ∼0.14 GHz. The presented photonics-based microwave generation method could provide alternative solution for 5G signal sources in 100-GHz region

Optical Soliton Communication Using Ultra-Short Pulses

This brief analyzes the characteristics of a microring resonator (MRR) to perform communication using ultra-short soliton pulses. The raising of nonlinear refractive indices, coupling coefficients and radius of the single microring resonator leads to decrease in input power and round trips wherein the bifurcation occurs. As a result, bifurcation or chaos behaviors are seen at lower input power of 44 W, where the nonlinear refractive index is n2=3.2×10−20 m2/W. Using a decimal convertor system, these ultra-short signals can be converted into quantum information. Results show that multi solitons with FWHM and FSR of 10 pm and 600 pm can be generated respectively. The multi optical soliton with FWHM and FSR of 325 pm and 880 nm can be incorporated with a time division multiple access (TDMA) system wherein the transportation of quantum information is performed

Optical soliton communication using ultra-short pulses

This brief analyzes the characteristics of a microring resonator (MRR) to perform communication using ultra-short soliton pulses. The raising of nonlinear refractive indices, coupling coefficients and radius of the single microring resonator leads to decrease in input power and round trips wherein the bifurcation occurs. As a result, bifurcation or chaos behaviors are seen at lower input power of 44 W, where the nonlinear refractive index is n2=3.2×10−20 m2/W. Using a decimal convertor system, these ultra-short signals can be converted into quantum information. Results show that multi solitons with FWHM and FSR of 10 pm and 600 pm can be generated respectively. The multi optical soliton with FWHM and FSR of 325 pm and 880 nm can be incorporated with a time division multiple access (TDMA) system wherein the transportation of quantum information is performed

Multiple supercontinuum generation based on a single mode-locked seed fiber laser

In this work, multiple supercontinuum spectrum generation using single pulsed seed fiber laser is demonstrated. A mode-locked laser that operates at 17.6 MHz repetition rate is filtered into six different wavelengths with 1 nm full-width-half-maximum over the range from 1560.4 nm to 1565.4 nm using a tunable band-pass filter. Each filtered wavelength is amplified and launched into a highly nonlinear medium to generate supercontinuum. The multiple supercontinuum spectra span a bandwidth of over 1000 nm each—in the wavelength range from 1200 nm to 2200 nm

Radio frequency signal generation and wireless transmission using PANDA and add/drop systems

The radio frequency (RF) signal generation and its modulation is the basic building block of wireless communication system. High frequency RF signals are desired in high speed systems but traditional methods to generate high frequency RF signals suffered from electronic devices data processing rate. On the other hand, spectral efficient modulation is also played vital rule in the high speed wireless communication where orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) transmission is mostly preferred. Due to the challenges regarding to electronic devices, optically generation and processing of RF OFDM signals has gained considerable attention. In this work microring resonator (MRR) system is used to implement all optically generation and modulation of RF OFDM signal. The MRRs can be used as filter devices where generation of high frequency (GHz) soliton signals as single and multi-carrier can be performed using suitable system parameters. The results show the generation of 64 multi-carriers evenly spaced in the range from 54.09 GHz to 55.01 GHz to generate OFDM signal all optically, where the RF modulation was achieved by two optical carriers with free spectral range (FSR) = by 5 GHz

A stable dual-wavelength Q-switch using a compact passive device containing photonics crystal fiber embedded with carbon platinum

A compact fiber laser utilizing platinum nanoparticles doped on carbon (Pt/C) embedded in photonic crystal fiber capable of generating a stable Q-switch dual-wavelength is designed and verified. Stable Q-switch pulses, with a repetition rate of 73.6 kHz, pulse width of 1.45 μs and power of 3.8 nJ in two separated wavelengths of 1557.39 nm and 1558.86 nm at a pump power of 350 mW, have been obtained. This is a novel method for generating Q-switch dual-wavelength pulses using a well-protected component that introduces both a saturable absorber and Mach-Zehnder interferometer effects simultaneously in the laser cavity. Furthermore, to best of our knowledge, this is the first time that Pt/C nanoparticles have been used in a saturable absorber for optical pulse generation

A large free spectral range of 74.92 GHz in comb peaks generated by SU-8 polymer micro-ring resonators: simulation and experiment

The feasibility of integrated SU-8 polymeric optical waveguides on a silicon platform was demonstrated experimentally and supported by simulation. Micro-ring resonator (MRR) configurations were designed and fabricated using SU-8 polymer. Simulation is carried out using the finite-difference time-domain method to improve the design. Both the simulation and experimental results confirm that SU-8 can be successfully used in the optical MRR. Passive MMI-coupled SU-8 single coupler and double coupler with a free spectral range of 74.92 GHz is achieved practically and corresponds with the simulation result. Moreover, other important parameters such as the full width at half maximum, Q factor and finesse are calculated from the simulation and practical results to support the feasibility of the SU-8 polymer MRR

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

The add-drop ring resonator system is the fundamental building block of optical transmission and communication systems. An add-drop microring resonator (MRR) consist-ing of a 120 µm 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

Nanometer bandwidth soliton generation and experimental transmission within nonlinear fiber optics using an add-drop filter system

An optical add-drop filter system is used to generate ultra-short nanometer (nm) bandwidth soliton pulses to be transmitted along the nano communication nonlinear fiber optics. In order to reduce the loss during the transmission, ultra-short soliton pulses are recommended. The theoretical part of this study uses the Z-transform method to present the characteristic transmission of the optical add-drop filter system. The nonlinear refractive index of the fiber optic transmission link is 2.6×10-20 m2/W. The Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) can be performed to enhance the capacity of the system. This occurs when the bigger size of the ring resonator is used. Here, soliton pulses with bandwidths of 2.1 and 0.42 nm are generated and transmitted over the fiber optic length, where signals with a bandwidth of 55 and 200 ps are successfully detected at the end of the transmission link