Current coherent optical transmission systems focus on single carrier solutions for 400Gb/s serial transmission to support traffic growth in fiber-optics communications, together with a few subcarriers multiplexed solutions for the 1 Tb/s serial data rates and beyond. With the advancement of analog-to-digital converter technologies, high order modulation formats up to 64-QAM with symbol rate up to 72Gbaud have been demonstrated experimentally with Raman amplification. To enable such high serial data rates, it is highly desirable to implement in hardware low complexity digital signal processing schemes and advanced forward error correction coding with powerful error correction capability. In this dissertation, to enable high-speed optical communications, we first proposed an efficient FPGA architecture of high-performance binary and non-binary LDPC engines that can support throughputs of multiple Gb/s, which have low power consumption, providing high net coding gains at a target bit-error rate of 10-15. Further, we implement a generalized LDPC coding based rate adaptive binary LDPC coding scheme and puncturing based rate adaptive non-binary LDPC coding scheme, where large number of parameters can be reconfigured in order to cope with the time-varying optical channel conditions and service requirements. Based on comprehensive analysis on complexity, latency, and power consumption we demonstrate that the proposed efficient implementation represents a feasible solution for the next generation optical communication networks. Additionally, we investigate the FPGA implementation of rate adaptive regular LDPC coding combined with up to six high-order modulation formats and demonstrate high net coding gain performance and demonstrated a bit loading algorithm for irregular LDPC coding. Lastly, we present the real-time implementation of a direct detection OFDM transceiver with multi Giga symbols/s symbol rates in a back-to-back configuration.

Luminescent quantum dot (QD) based probes have gained significance in the last decade for optical imaging of cells, tissues and in bioassays as alternatives to conventional organic fluorophores. The main objective of my PhD dissertation was to develop luminescent quantum dot based bioassays for real time monitoring of enzyme activity and simultaneous detection of several biomarkers. The quantum dot based bioassays developed will be potential tools in identification and diagnosis of several ailments that interfere with normal living conditions of human beings. In Chapter 2 new liposome encapsulated quantum dot based fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) probes have been fabricated and characterized for monitoring the enzymatic activity of phospholipase A 2. The probes were able to detect the enzyme activity as low as 0.0075 U/mL (PLA2 = 1500 U/mg) in 30 min. Further these FRET probes were also used to screen the inhibition efficiencies of phospholipase A2 inhibitors. Chapter 3 focuses on the first time synthesis and characterization of liposome encapsulated InP/ZnS quantum dots while preserving the integrity of the liposomes. Results from the experiments to assess photostability and effect of pH on the optical properties of InP/ZnS QD-liposomes showed greater advantages over InP/ZnS quantum dots demonstrating their utility as a potential tool in several biological applications such as bio imaging, bioassays and in immunoassays. Chapter 4 discusses the development of fluorescence based immunoassay for simultaneous detection of the cardiac biomarkers troponin T and troponin I using CdSe/ZnS quantum dots. The assay achieved a detection limit was 0.1 pg/mL for both biomarkers troponin xi T and I. The method was highly specific for the both the biomarkers with no observed cross reactivity. The multiplex assay was able to detect two biomarkers simultaneously that will yield a high throughput diagnostic tool for heart attack. A similar method discussed as above was used in chapter 5 for the simultaneous detection of atherosclerosis biomarkers. The detection limits achieved in this study are comparable to the detection limits of the biomarkers reported so far. Incorporation of QDs in silica beads before conjugation to antibodies might improve detection limits that will also improve risk assessment.

[pt] Nesse trabalho, descreve-se o desenvolvimento de uma calibração do sistema de interrogação dos espectros das redes de Bragg baseando-se em uma simulação numérica adotada de testes experimentais. O objetivo é calibrar a técnica de demodulação óptica utilizando dois filtros de transmissão fixos, procurando-se principalmente a posição verdadeira dos sensores. O espectro refletido de uma rede tem uma forte dependência com o espectro da luz incidente que resultará em uma deformação no espectro refletido da rede, gerando um desvio no sensor detectado. A metodologia é gerar uma perturbação na fonte de luz e analisar a leitura do espectro da rede. Esse desvio gerado na leitura espectral é associado à potência óptica lida nos fotodetectores com a posição do comprimento de onda do sensor; as leituras indicadas são proporcionais ao grau de superposição entre os espectros do sensor e dos filtros. A calibração é enfatizada em simulações comparando-se com resultados experimentais e será recuperado principalmente o espectro deformado da rede por um espectro indicado que fornecerá a informação correta da posição do sensor. A simulação conclui em uma recuperação do espectro deformado, diminuindo incertezas de medição e da posição do sensor comparando-se com medidas experimentais proporcionando bons resultados. / [en] The development of a calibration system for Fiber Bragg Grating sensors based on two fixed spectral filters has been described basing in adopted numeric simulation of experimental tests. The objective is to gage the technique of optical demodulação using two fixed transmission filters, being sought mainly the true position spectral of sensors. The reflected spectrum of a Bragg Grating has a strong dependence with the spectrum of the incident light that will result in a deformation to the reflected spectrum, generating a deviation in the sensor detected. The methodology will be to generate a disturbance in the light source and to analyze the reading of the spectrum Bragg Grating. That deviation in the position is associated to the potency optical work in the photodetectors with the position of wavelength sensor; the suitable readings in the photodetectors are proportional to the overlap degree among the spectra of the sensor and filters. The calibration will be emphasized in simulations being compared with experimental results, and to recover mainly the deformed spectrum of Bragg Grating sensor for a suitable spectrum that will give the correct information at the position of sensor. The simulation ends in a recovery of the deformed spectrum, reducing measurement uncertainties and of the position of sensor, being compared with experimental results.

[pt] Um sistema de interrogação de sensores a rede de Bragg utilizando multiplexação no tempo e multiplexação no comprimento de onda é proposto e demonstrado. O sistema apresenta uma solução para a medição de grandezas associadas ao espectro de reflexão de redes de Bragg, possibilitando o aumento do número de sensores a rede de Bragg monitorados através de grandes distâncias em uma mesma fibra óptica, sem um aumento significativo dos custos. O aspecto inovador deste sistema reside na particular associação das seguintes características: o uso de fonte pulsada de banda larga, a disposição, em série, de um grande número de sensores a rede de Bragg de baixa refletividade, a técnica de reutilização dos mesmos comprimentos de onda nominais em grupos contendo vários sensores com comprimentos de onda nominais distintos e um processo de filtragem espectral e análise de sinais pulsados utilizando o filtro DWDM comercial. Aspectos teóricos e experimentais considerando os princípios de trabalho desta técnica são discutidos. Comparações entre resultados simulados e experimentais do sistema implantado mostram boa concordância. Resultados experimentais apontam uma faixa dinâmica de 1,7 nm, podendo encontrar aplicações em medição de temperatura com uma faixa de 150°C. Incertezas com valores médios abaixo de 20 picometros foram obtidas. Simulações experimentais apontam a possibilidade de utilização de um número de aproximadamente 70 sensores com 0,4% de refletividade, por comprimento de onda. Considerando a largura de banda do dispositivo DWDM (1539- 1565 nm) utilizado neste sistema, e um espaçamento de 7 nm por comprimento de onda nominal de sensor, extrapolações mostram que este número pode chegar a 210 sensores em três diferentes comprimentos de onda nominais de sensor. Considerando as bandas C e L este número pode chegar a aproximadamente 1000 sensores em 14 diferentes comprimentos de onda nominais de sensor. / [en] An interrogation system of fiber Bragg grating sensors using time division multiplexing and wavelength division multiplexing is proposed and demonstrated. The system presents a solution to measure the magnitudes associated to the reflection spectrum of the fiber Bragg gratings, making possible to increase the number of the Bragg gratings sensors monitored through large distances at the same fiber optic, without a great increase in the costs. The innovative aspect of this system is the particular association of the following characteristics: the use of a pulsed broad band source, the disposition, in series, of a large number of low reflectivity Bragg gratings sensors, the reusing technique of the same nominal wavelengths in groups containing several numbers of sensors with distinct nominal wavelengths, and a spectral analyzing and filtering process of pulsed signals using a commercial DWDM filter. Theoretical and experimental aspects regarding the working principles of this technique are discussed. Comparisons between experimental and simulated results show a good agreement. Experimental results indicate that a dynamic range of 1,7 nm was obtained. It can be used in temperature measurement systems, with a 150°C range. Uncertainties equivalent to approximately 20 picometers was obtained. Experimental simulations indicate that it would be possible to use a number of approximately 70 sensors with 0,4% reflectivity at each nominal sensor wavelength. Considering the DWDM filter bandwidth (1539-1565 nm) used in this system, and a spectral separation of 7 nm by nominal sensor wavelength, extrapolations indicate that a number of 210 sensors can be obtained, in three different nominal sensor wavelength. Using the C-band and the L-band, a number of 1000 sensors can be obtained, in fourteen different nominal sensor wavelength.

Chan, Pui Wai. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-83). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.ii / Acknowledgement --- p.iv / Contents --- p.v / Chapter I. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- Details of UWB System --- p.3 / Background --- p.3 / Technical Information --- p.3 / Applications --- p.11 / Chapter III. --- Theoretical Explanation on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) Technology --- p.13 / Chapter IV. --- Design of OFDM De-modulator --- p.21 / Multipath Delay Commutator (MDC) --- p.24 / Single-path Delay Feedback (SDF) --- p.25 / Multipath Delay Feedback (MDF) --- p.27 / Chapter V. --- Designs of Multipliers in UWB FFT module --- p.33 / Twiddle Factor Multiplication - Group 1 --- p.33 / Twiddle Factor Multiplication - Group 2 --- p.34 / Twiddle Factor Multiplication - Group 3 --- p.45 / Baugh-Wooley Algorithm --- p.46 / Modified-Booth Algorithm --- p.47 / Hardware Architecture of Multipliers --- p.54 / Partial Product Accumulator - Array Architecture --- p.55 / Partial Product Accumulator - Tree Architecture --- p.59 / Fixed-width Multiplier --- p.61 / Chapter VI. --- Comparison Methodology --- p.65 / Standard Cell Design Flow --- p.66 / FPGA Design Flow --- p.69 / Chapter VII. --- Simulation Results and Discussion --- p.71 / Simulation results of FFT module using Standard Cell Methodology --- p.71 / Simulation results of FFT module using FPGA Methodology --- p.74 / Discussion on Simulation results of FFT module using ASIC and FPGA Methodology --- p.77 / Area / Slice Usage --- p.77 / Power Consumption --- p.77 / APS/SPS --- p.78 / General Guidelines For Designing FFT Module For Other Systems --- p.78 / Chapter VIII. --- Conclusion --- p.80 / Chapter IX. --- Future Works --- p.80 / Reference --- p.81

Globally increasing levels of bandwidth and capacity requirements force the optical communications industry to produce new products that are faster, more powerful, and more efficient. In particular, optical-electronic-optical (O-E-O) conversions in Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) mechanisms prevent higher data transfer speeds and create a serious bottleneck for optical communications. These O-E-O transitions are mostly encountered in the Wavelength converters of WDMs, and as a result, all-optical wavelength conversion methods have become extremely important. The main discussion in this thesis will concentrate on a specific all-optical wavelength conversion mechanism. In this mechanism, photonic crystal structures are integrated with moving MEMS/NEMS structures to create a state-of-the-art all-optical wavelength converter prototype. A wavelength conversion of 20% is achieved using this structure. Since the interaction of light with moving MEMS/NEMS structures plays an important role in the proposed wavelength conversion mechanism, modeling and simulation of electromagnetic waves becomes a very crucial step in the design process. Consequently, a subsection of this thesis will focus on a proposed enhancement to the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) to model moving structures more efficiently and more realistically. This technique is named "Linear Dielectric Interpolation" and will be applied to more realistically and efficiently model the proposed photonic crystal MEMS/NEMS wavelength conversion mechanism.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engieering and Computer Science, 1982. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ENGINEERING. Engineering copy is in leaves. / Bibliography: p. 156-157. / by Daniel Uri Friedman. / Ph.D.

With 400 Gbps Ethernet being developed at the time of writing this thesis, all-optical networks are a solution to the increased bandwidth requirements of data communication allowing architectures to become increasingly integrated. High density integration of optical components leads to potential ‘Optical/Photonic’ electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and signal integrity (SI) issues due to the close proximity of optical components and waveguides. Optical EMC issues are due to backscatter, crosstalk, stray light, and substrate modes. This thesis has focused on the crosstalk in Optical Add/Drop Multiplexers (OADMs) as an EMC problem. The main research question is: “How can signal integrity be improved and crosstalk effects mitigated in small-sized OADMs in order to enhance the optical EMC in all-optical networks and contribute to the increase in integration scalability?” To answer this question, increasing the crosstalk suppression bandwidth rather than maximizing the crosstalk suppression ratio is proposed in ring resonator based OADMs. Ring resonators have a small ‘real estate’ requirement and are, therefore, potentially useful for large scale integrated optical systems. A number of approaches such as over-coupled rings, vertically-coupled rings and rings with random and periodic roughness are adopted to effectively reduce the crosstalk between 10 Gbps modulated channels in OADMs. An electromagnetic simulation-driven optimization technique is proposed and used to optimize filter performance of vertically coupled single ring OADMs. A novel approach to analyse and exploit semi-periodic sidewall roughness in silicon waveguides is proposed. Grating-assisted ring resonator design is presented and optimized to increase the crosstalk suppression bandwidth.

Le domaine des télécommunications ferroviaires est en perpétuelle évolution, ses axes d’investigation sont principalement motivés par un besoin toujours grandissant en termes de débit de données, qualité de transmission et fiabilité de localisation, mais restent freinés par un environnement fréquentiel de plus en plus encombré. Dans ce contexte, la conception d’un système qui assure à la fois, les besoins de localisation, d’identification des obstacles, et de communication, semble primordiale. Aussi, la technologie ultra large bande s’avère très prometteuse comme technologie de base pour ce système. Dans ce travail de thèse, un système radar coopératif pour la localisation, la détection d’obstacles, l’identification d’obstacles et la communication basé sur la technologie ULB, est proposé. Dans ce cadre, différentes techniques de multiplexage basées sur le principe de plusieurs techniques de modulation et d’accès multiple telles que la PPM, l’OAM, la 2πM, et la DS-CDMA ont été développées. Ces techniques ont pour buts, de séparer les signaux de communication et les signaux de localisation, ainsi que d’augmenter le débit des transmissions de données en augmentant le nombre des paramètres véhiculant l’information à envoyer. Des études théoriques alliées à des simulations ont été réalisées, afin de les comparer en termes de taux d’erreur binaire et de débit. Les résultats théoriques et de simulations du système proposé ont été validés par des expérimentations menées dans un environnement réel. / Telecommunication in railway land is in perpetual evolution, its investigation axes are mainly motivated by a growing need in term of data rates, quality of transmission, accuracy and reliability of the localization, but it remains slowed by a frequentiel environment, which is increasingly crowded. In this context, the design of a system that ensure in same time, localization, obstacles recognition and communication, seems a very critical. In this thesis, to design such a sensor, we propose the use of so-called spectral diversity techniques also found under the name of Ultra Wideband radio (UWB). To separate localization signal and communication signal and to increase communication data rate, several multiplexing techniques based on the principle of multiple modulation techniques and multiple access such as PPM, the OAM, the 2πM, and DS-CDMA have been developed. Theoretical studies combined with simulations were performed to evaluate and compare these techniques in term of binary error rate and data rate communication. Theoretical results and simulations of the proposed system have been validated by experiments conducted in a real environment.

OFDM has been recognized as a powerful multi-carrier modulation technique that provides efficient spectral utilization and resilience to frequency selective fading channels. Adaptive modulation is a concept whereby the modulation modes are dynamically changed based on the perceived instantaneous channel conditions. In conjunction with OFDM systems, adaptive modulation is a very powerful technique to combat the frequency selective nature of mobile channels, while simultaneously attempting to fully maximize the time-varying capacity of the channel. This is based on the fact that frequency selective fading affects the sub-carriers unevenly, causing some of them to fade more severely than others. The modulation modes are adaptively selected on the sub-carriers depending on the amount of fading, to maximize throughput and improve the overall BER. Transmission parameter adaptation is the response of the transmitter to the time-varying channel quality. To efficiently react to the dynamic nature of the channel, adaptive OFDM systems rely on efficient algorithms in three key areas namely, channel quality estimation, transmission parameter selection and signaling or blind detection mechanisms of the modified parameters. These are together termed as the enabling techniques that contribute to the effective performance of adaptive OFDM systems. This thesis deals with higher performance and efficient enabling parameter estimation algorithms that further improve the overall performance of adaptive OFDM systems. Traditional estimation of channel quality indicators, such as noise power and SNR, assume that the noise has a flat power spectral density within the transmission band of the OFDM signal. Hence, a single estimate of the noise power is obtained by averaging the instantaneous noise power values across all the sub-carriers. In reality, the noise within the OFDM bandwidth is a combination of white and correlated noise components, and has an uneven affect across the sub-carriers. It is this fact that has motivated the proposal of a windowing approach for noise power estimation. Windowing provides many local estimates of the dynamic noise statistics and allows better noise tracking across the OFDM transmission band. This method is particularly useful for better resource utilization and improved performance in sub-band adaptive modulation, where adaptation is performed on the sub-carriers on a group-by-group basis based on the observed channel conditions. Blind modulation mode detection is another relatively unexplored issue in regard to adaptation of OFDM systems. The receiver has to be informed of the appropriate modulation modes used at the transmitter for proper demodulation. If this can be done without any explicit signaling information embedded within the OFDM symbol, it has the advantage of improved throughput and data capacity. A model selection approach is taken, a novel statistical blind modulation detection method based on the Kullback-Leibler (K-L) distance is proposed. This algorithm takes into account the distribution of the Euclidian distances from the received noisy samples on the complex plane to the closest legitimate constellation points of all the modulation modes used. If this can be done without any explicit signaling information embedded within the OFDM symbol, it has the advantage of improved throughput and data capacity. A model selection approach is taken, and a novel statistical blind modulation detection method based on the Kullback-Leibler (K-L) distance is proposed. This algorithm takes into account the distribution of the Euclidian distances from the received noisy samples on the complex plane to the closest legitimate constellation points of all the modulation modes used.