Thesis (M.Sc.)--Edith Cowan University, 2003. / Submitted to the Faculty of Computing, Health and Science. Includes bibliographical references.

Sun Po-Wan. / Thesis submitted in: October 2002. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-70). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Lightwave Transmission System --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- PMD-induced Degradation in System Penalty --- p.1 / Chapter 1.3 --- A Device Mitigating Distortion Caused By Polarization-Mode Dispersion --- p.3 / Chapter 1.4 --- The Need For A Surveillance Scheme --- p.4 / Chapter 1.5 --- A Scalable Non-Intrusive Surveillance Scheme for Long-Haul Transmission --- p.5 / Chapter 1.6 --- Outline of the Thesis --- p.6 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- A Device for Mitigation of First-Order Polarization-Mode Dispersion --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2 --- Origin of Polarization-Mode Dispersion --- p.7 / Chapter 2.3 --- Polarization-Mode Coupling --- p.9 / Chapter 2.4 --- Statistical Characteristics of Polarization-Mode Dispersion --- p.11 / Chapter 2.5 --- Common Schemes of PMD Compensation --- p.15 / Chapter 2.6 --- A Proposed Design of Faraday Polarization Controller for First-Order PMD Mitigation --- p.20 / Chapter 2.7 --- Theory of Magnetooptic Effects --- p.25 / Chapter 2.8 --- Compact Size of Faraday Polarization Controller --- p.28 / Chapter 2.9 --- Characterization of Faraday Polarization Controller --- p.31 / Chapter 2.9.1 --- Polarization State of FPC Output Against Input Current --- p.31 / Chapter 2.9.2 --- Frequency Response of Faraday Polarization Controller --- p.38 / Chapter 2.9.3 --- Use and Calibration of Polarimeter --- p.40 / Chapter 2.10 --- Summary --- p.43 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Performance Evaluation of the Proposed Device in Mitigation of PMD-induced Distortion --- p.45 / Chapter 3.1 --- System Impairment and Power Penalty Due to First-Order PMD --- p.46 / Chapter 3.2 --- An Experiment for Testing PMD Compensation Capability of the Proposed Device --- p.47 / Chapter 3.3 --- Experimental Results --- p.50 / Chapter 3.4 --- Summary --- p.52 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- A Scalable Non-intrusive Surveillance Scheme for Long-Haul WDM Transmission --- p.53 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.53 / Chapter 4.2 --- Various Fault Surveillance Methods --- p.54 / Chapter 4.3 --- Limited Scalability of Previous Surveillance Schemes --- p.55 / Chapter 4.4 --- Principle of the Proposed Scheme --- p.56 / Chapter 4.5 --- Experimental Results --- p.58 / Chapter 4.6 --- Summary --- p.62 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- p.64 / Chapter 5.1 --- Conclusion --- p.64 / Chapter 5.2 --- Future Work --- p.65 / Bibliography --- p.67

published_or_final_version / Electrical and Electronic Engineering / Master / Master of Philosophy

Thesis (M.Phil.) - University of Queensland, 2003. / Includes bibliography.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-83). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-83). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Texas, Dec., 2009. / Title from title page display. Includes bibliographical references.

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M.Ing. / Atmospheric turbulence (also referred to as optical or heat Scintillation, or heat shimmer) is a particular problem encountered in video surveillance, especially over distances where the target object focused on is over lkm in the distance. Images obtained from video surveillance are commonly required to be of a high quality for object identification and classification. Atmospheric turbulence causes degradation in the image quality through the blurring and a warping of the image, making object identification difficult. Algorithms have and still are being developed to suppress the image turbulence in digital video footage and enhance detail. There is a lack of reliable comparisons among algorithms to provide research direction, methods for identification of the best algorithms for particular applications, identification of useful image processing techniques and a full understanding of the problem. This need and lack of comparisons among the algorithms and atmospheric turbulence degraded videos is identified through the problem identification chapter. A literature study is undertaken in which the source of atmospheric turbulence and models are identified, image processing techniques discussed, filtering of electromagnetic waves reviewed, a review of some equipment, and a discussion of metrics. This is followed by the presentation of a number of atmospheric turbulence suppression algorithms developed by other authors. After a discussion of the algorithm implementations, the experimental design is described for algorithm image quality and performance investigation as well as the effect of optical filters. Experimental results are presented and discussed which provide repeatable results pertaining to the algorithms' image quality and processing requirements. The results allowed identification of the algorithms' strengths and weaknesses, how they compare, and their suitability for real and post processing environments. Efficient performing software components were also able to be identified, particularly Illuminance-Reflectance adjustment. The experiments and results provide a solution to this atmospheric turbulence comparison problem.

This dissertation investigates how the development and circulation of technologies of surveillance helped refashion institutional structures, systems of representation, and conceptions of nature and society in the Ottoman Empire and Syria throughout the transition from empire to nation-states. While militarization amplified the capabilities of modern states to discipline human perception through conscription and schooling, the notion of an all-seeing perspective - materialized in the aerial view - was incorporated in the apparatus of state power. The account moves between sites across the imperial territory and as the French mandate replaced Ottoman rule in Syria. These include ventures to propagate the map as an instrument of argumentation and discovery in the capital Istanbul, attempts by Jesuit geographers and earth scientists at inculcating new forms of sight upon the public in Beirut and the Beqaa Valley, the building of post-imperial scientific institutions in Damascus, and the optics of aerial warfare as devised by French strategists and subverted by Arab guerrilla commanders. Environmental representations such as maps and aerial photographs sustained competing social and institutional structures by inculcating upon their targeted audience concrete procedures for disciplining perception, which refashioned the subjectivity, social function, and epistemic virtues of the ideal commander and citizen. In the Middle East, as elsewhere, technologies of surveillance were integrated with existing political and philosophical currents such as Ottomanism, Arabism, and French colonialism, while simultaneously refashioning them from within. The coming of aerial warfare was an integral part of this ongoing process of cultural and technological transformation, which reconfigured political, epistemic, and ethical norms of war and peace.