Simulation, optimization, and implementation of a capacitor-loaded wireless power transfer structure at 6.78 MHz for a target transfer distance of one meter are presented. First, an investigation into the operating principles behind a capacitor-loaded coupled loop structure is carried out via simulation. By adjusting the structural design parameters, it is found that an optimal configuration for this structure is coplanar. A prototype constructed using thin 18 AWG wire for the loops and a variable capacitor for tuning is used to verify simulation. To reduce losses in the wire, thick 9 AWG wire is implemented and measured. Thick wire is necessary for high efficiency yet undesirable for planarization. Since current flows only on the surface of the wire, ‘unwrapping’ that portion yields copper strips that reduce loss by increasing only the width. Thus, by replacing thick wires with copper strips, a planarized structure can be obtained that can reduce ohmic losses without sacrificing its form factor. Next, additional advantages of a capacitor-loaded system, which include reduced electric near-field and the possibility of resonant frequency tuning, are investigated. It is shown by simulation that the capacitor-loaded structure is not strongly affected by nearby dielectric materials since the stored electric energy is significantly lower than the stored magnetic energy in air at resonance. Finally, further optimizations of the structure are considered along with the analytical expressions for maximum efficiency. / text

Thesis (M.App.Sc.) - Carleton University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-162). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-88).

Orientador: Newton Cesário Frateschi / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-28T23:46:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rezende_GuilhermeForniasMachadode_M.pdf: 3592220 bytes, checksum: e91127c5e777f7e4dfeeff9c5257f907 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Resumo: Microrressonadores óticos são blocos fundamentais para a integração fotônica. A busca por transmissão de sinais cada vez mais rápidos (atualmente, em dezenas de Gbps) faz com que novos projetos de combinações topológicas entre microanéis sejam exigidos constantemente. Quando aplicados ao processamento de sinais fotônicos, as características de um microrressonador ¿ a saber, espaçamento espectral livre, fator de qualidade e finesse ¿ costumam funcionar como figuras de mérito para avaliar sua capacidade de processamento, filtragem e modulação. Uma estratégia para o aumento da densidade espectral de resposta de transmissão utilizada neste trabalho consiste em acoplar microanéis menores no interior de um maior, mantendo-se o tamanho compacto original do ressonador maior. Neste trabalho, elaboramos uma ferramenta de projeto objetivando prever e descrever as características espectrais deste tipo de dispositivo. Para tanto, foram utilizados o Método de Matriz de Espalhamento, a Teoria de Modos Acoplados e a generalização e sistematização da Regra de Mason para o Ganho de Grafos Direcionais. Nossa ferramenta permite compreender as diferentes combinações de caminhos óticos executados pela luz no interior das cavidades, resolve analiticamente o espectro de transmissão de microanéis acoplados e providencia uma análise da potência ótica no interior de cada cavidade, provendo uma comparação eficiente com os resultados da Teoria de Modos Acoplados. Comparando as previsões teóricas com medidas de caracterização de dispositivos fabricados, encontramos a necessidade de reformulação das ideias dos chamados modos escuros ¿ os quais não são excitados dependendo da forma na qual o sistema é bombeado ¿ para descrição destes sistemas fotônicos / Abstract: Microring resonators are building block for photonic integration. The demand for faster signal transfer (nowadays, in the orders of Gbps) constantly requires new designs of topological combinations between microrings. When applied to photonic signal processing, their characteristics of free spectral range, quality factor and finesse are used as figure of merit in order to evaluate their capacity of processing, filtering and modulation. A strategy for enhancing the spectral density of transmission response, used in this work, consists in coupling smaller microrings inside a bigger one, keeping the original compact size of the bigger resonator unchanged. In this work, we elaborated a design tool in order to predict and describe the behavior of spectral characteristics of this kind of device. For that purpose, it was used the Scattering Matrix Method, the Coupled Mode Theory and the generalization and systematization of Mason¿s Rule for the Gain of Directional Graphs. Our tool provides a full understanding of all combinations of optical path inside the cavities, solve analytically the transmission spectrum of the coupled microrings and provides an optical power analysis inside each cavity, implying an efficient comparison with the results of Coupled Mode Theory. By comparing theoretical predictions with the measurements of characterization of fabricated devices, we found the necessity of reformulation of the ideas of the so-called dark states ¿ those which are not excited depending the way the system is pumped ¿ for describing theses photonic systems / Mestrado / Física / Mestre em Física / 131434-6/2013 / CNPQ

Finite-Difference (FD) based complex modes solver and Complex Mode Matching Method (CMMM) is one of the most popular combinations in modeling and simulation of opti- cal waveguides. This thesis covers the basic theories behind the approaches and impor- tant implementation details. Weighted Optical Path Distance is proposed to speed up convergence and improve numerical accuracy to deal with asymmetric structures. An improved formula is derived for Complex Mode Matching Method expansion process based on matrix optimization. The latter part applies the above approach in the mod- eling of bending structures and grating structures. Typical structures, including bend- ing structures, straight-bend-straight structures, long-period gratings, gratings with de- posited layer, gratings with deep corrugations, are investigated and analyzed. / Thesis / Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (MSECE)

An investigation of the effect of the coupling value and the structural perturbation parameter is conducted on coupled systems. The analysis of a coupled pendulums system results in the analytical expression of the natural frequencies of the system. The response of the system for harmonic excitation and random input is developed. Two single Euler-Bemouilli beams coupled by a torsional spring constitute the multi degree of freedom extension of the study. Special care is given to show the variation of the natural frequencies \with the two parameters and modal overlapping is shown. The study of the response to harmonic excitation makes the localization phenomenon apparent. For the special case where one of the beam is excited by a rain-on-the roof load, the estimates of the amplitude for each beam and the power flow between the beams are analytically expressed. The power flow is proved to be concentrated around the natural frequencies, stronger for a tuned system and sensitive to the number of modes, especially v:hen modal overlapping occurs. A Monte Carlo simulation considering the perturbation parameter as a Gaussian random variable points out that the mean value of the power decreases rapidly with higher frequency. The power flow is also calculated using the theory of the Statistical Energy Analysis. / Master of Science

MSc / Thesis (MSc (Physics))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009. / The propagation of electromagnetic radiation in homogeneous or periodically modulated media can be described by the coupled mode equations. The aim of this study was to derive analytical expressions modeling the solutions of the coupled-mode equations, as alternative to the generally used numerical and transfer-matrix methods. The path integral formalism was applied to the coupled-mode equations. This approach involved deriving a path integral from which a generating functional was obtained. From the generating functional a Green’s function, or propagator, describing the nature of mode propagation was extracted. Initially a Green’s function was derived for the propagation of modes having position independent coupling coefficients. This corresponds to modes propagating in a homogeneous medium or in a uniform grating formed by a periodic variation of the index of refraction along the direction of propagation. This was followed by the derivation of a Green’s function for the propagation of modes having position dependent coupling coefficients with the aid of perturbation theory. This models propagation through a nonuniform inhomogeneous medium, specifically a modulated grating. The propagator method was initially tested for the case of propagation in an arbitrary homogeneous medium. In doing so three separate cases were considered namely the copropagation of two modes in the forward and backward directions followed by the counter propagation of the two modes. These more trivial cases were used as examples to develop a rigorous mathematical formalism for this approach. The results were favourable in that the propagator’s results compared well with analytical and numerical solutions. The propagator method was then tested for mode propagation in a periodically perturbed waveguide. This corresponds to the relevant application of mode propagation in uniform gratings in optical fibres. Here two case were investigated. The first scenario was that of the copropagation of two modes in a long period transmission grating. The results achieved compared well with numerical results and analytical solutions. The second scenario was the counter propagation of two modes in a short period reflection grating, specifically a Bragg grating. The results compared well with numerical results and analytical solutions. In both cases it was shown that the propagator accurately predicts many of the spectral properties of these uniform gratings. Finally the propagator method was applied to a nonuniform grating, that is a grating for which the uniform periodicity is modulated - in this case by a raised-cosine function. The result of this modulation is position dependent coupling coefficients necessitating the use of the Green’s function derived using perturbation theory. The results, although physically sensible and qualitatively correct, did not compare well to the numerical solution or the well established transfer-matrix method on a quantitative level at wavelengths approaching the design wavelength of the grating. This can be explained by the breakdown of the assumptions of first order perturbation theory under these conditions.

Thesis. 1977. Elec.E.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ENGINEERING. / Includes bibliographical references. / Elec.E.

Thesis. 1975. B.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. / Includes bibliographical references. / B.S.

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1979. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ENGINEERING. / Includes bibliographical references. / by André Antoine Merab. / M.S.