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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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The Coupling Study of Single Frequency Operation from Fabry-Perot Laser and Fiber-Grating

Wu, Shun-Hao 29 June 2000 (has links)
The coupling of Fabry-Perot laser and fiber-grating for single frequency operation was studied experimentally and theoretically. A 1.55
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The Study of Spectral Characteristics for Non-AR Coated Fiber Grating Lasers

Chen, Ming-Hung 24 June 2001 (has links)
ABSTRACT The spectral characteristics for non-AR coated fiber grating lasers were studied theoretically and experimentally. The lensed fiber was used to improve coupling efficiency between laser and fiber. The tapered fibers were fabricated by using the mixture of HF and oil with different density to increase etched taper angle. The coupling efficiency could reach more than 60%. A single-mode operation for a fiber grating external cavity laser (FGECL) was simulated. The results showed that the SMSR, emitted power, and wavelength drift were dependent on the related device parameters. Our calculations showed that the strong current-dependent SMSR oscillation was from the mode selection by the fiber grating external cavity and the heating effect in the Fabry-Perot (FP) laser. A 1.55mm FP laser chip that one facet was coated a high reflectivity (HR) of 90% and another facet was uncoated. In our experiment and simulation of FGECL, the reflectivity of fiber gratings were 50% and 70% and 86%, and the length of external cavity was about 0.9cm. The measured result of FGECL showed that the side-mode suppression ratio (SMSR) was more than 35dB and the output power was larger than 1.5mW at the injected current 2 to 3 times of threshold current. Furthermore, the spectrums of fiber grating external cavity lasers were studied in order to understand the external laser characteristics.
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Development of new thickness measurement system with high lateral resolution

Ho, Ji-Bin 17 July 2012 (has links)
In this thesis, with external cavity semiconductor laser, a high lateral resolution thickness measurement is proposed and demonstrated. The approach is typical an intra-cavity measurement of focused cell thickness by wavelength tuning of an external cavity laser diode. In addition, using blue light of 406nm as laser diode, higher lateral resolution is also observed. Using the proposed thickness method, the lateral resolution and longitudinal resolution have been demonstrated with 20£gm and 0.15£gm, respectively. We also discuss the feasibility of £gm scaled lateral resolution through improvement of laser diode, such as M^2~1.
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Design of Silicon Photonics External Cavity Laser

Zheng, Jiamin January 2014 (has links)
<p>The development of silicon photonics, driven by the increasing demand for bandwidth from data centre applications, is receiving growing attention. As a result of the indirect bandgap of Si material, it is more practical to heterogeneously incorporate the laser source than fabricate directly on Si. Of all the approaches, an external cavity laser (ECL) approach which consists of III-V gain material and Si photonic integrated circuit (SiPIC), is a flexible and cost effective solution. This thesis captures theoretical and experimental work on the design of SiPIC ECLs. In addition, a four wavelength laser source using an SiPIC ECL scheme is proposed and studied.</p> <p>The theoretical tool is first introduced on the traveling wave model (TWM) and it is numerically solved with FDTD in Matlab. A digital filter approach is used to describe the feedback from an SiPIC external cavity, where the phase delay of the digital filter is investigated and utilized to set the cavity length.</p> <p>The III-V gain chip and SiPIC are then examined separately for their characterization, along with the coupling and feedback requirements in an ECL design.</p> <p>Lastly, experiments are conducted to demonstrate the feasibility of four wavelength ECLs and SiPIC ECLs.</p> / Master of Applied Science (MASc)
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Broadly Tunable External Cavity Quantum Cascade Laser

Matsuoka, Yohei 26 June 2020 (has links)
Mitt-Infrarot-Technologie (mid-IR) ist ein äußerst leistungsfähiges Werkzeug für die Anwendung in der Molekülspektroskopie, da die Schwingungsmoden vieler Moleküle in diesem Wellenlängenbereich liegen. Der Quantenkaskadenlaser mit externem Resonator (EC-QCL) kann alle Bereiche dieses Spektrums abdecken. Das Hauptanliegen dieser Arbeit ist die Verbesserung der Leistung des EC-QCL im Hinblick auf die Breite des Wellenlängen-Durchstimmbereichs und die Laserleistung. Theoretische Untersuchungen bestätigen zunächst, dass der QCL die Schlüsselrolle bei EC-Systemen einnimmt: Die Effizienz des EC wird bestimmt durch die Effizienz des QCL und die Güte der Antireflex-Schicht (ARC) der Laserfacette. Die Breite des Durchstimmbereichs wird bestimmt durch das Gain-Spektrum des QCL. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wurden die QCL in unserer Gruppe hergestellt und vom QCL-Wachstum selbst bis hin zur Facettenbeschichtung optimiert. Eine der größten Herausforderungen in der Herstellung des EC-Systems ist die Reduktion des Reflexionsvermögens innerhalb der Facetten des Laserchips. Dafür haben wir ein neues ARC-Konzept entwickelt und auf dem beschichteten Substrat demonstriert, dass innerhalb des gesamten, sehr breiten Wellenlängenbereichs von 7–12 μm die Reflexion auf unter 1% reduziert wird. Das Beschichtungsmodell wurde außerdem auf „broad-gain“-QCL-Facetten angewendet, wodurch die Reflexion auf 0,75% über den gesamten Emissions-Wellenlängenbereich reduziert werden konnte. Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt dieser Arbeit ist die Entwicklung und Konstruktion von EC-Lasersystemen. Es wurden zwei kompakte Laser vom Littrow-Typ entwickelt, die von 920 cm-1 bis 1190 cm-1 durchstimmbar sind und die eine Pulsleitung von 0.45 W erreichen. Außerdem wurde eine neue optische Konfiguration des EC-Systems vorgeschlagen um eine höhere Ausgangsleistung zu erzielen. Dieser „Intra-cavity Out-coupling Laser“ erreicht eine Pulsleistung von 1 W und den gleichen Emissionbereich wie die beiden Littrow-Laser. / Mid-infrared (mid-IR) technology is a very powerful tool for molecular spectroscopy since vibration modes of many molecules lie in this wavelength range. The External-Cavity Quantum Cascade Laser (EC-QCL) can cover any part of this spectral range. The main goal of this study is to improve EC-QCL performance in terms of wavelength tunability and laser power. The theoretical study about Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) and EC systems has confirmed that the QCL plays the core role of EC-QCL systems; the power efficiency of an EC system is determined by the combination of the power efficiency of QCL and AR-coating of the laser facet. The width of the tuning range is determined by the gain spectrum of QCL. During this work, QCLs have been fabricated in our group and the optimization of these factors were carried out with various approaches, from QCL growth to facet coatings. One of the major challenges in making EC systems is to reduce the intra-facet reflectivity of the laser chip, and we first proposed a new anti-reflection (AR) coating concept and demonstrated its performance for the first time to the community, achieving good reduction of reflection of the AR-coated substrate over 7-12 μm range, keeping below R < 1% reflection over the entire spectrum. The coating model was applied on broad-gain QCL facets, and the reflection was reduced to 0.75% over the entire emission wavelength range. Furthermore, this work focused on the development and engineering of laser systems, and two compact Littrow-type lasers and an EC system with a new optical configuration have been developed, achieving good performances; tunable from 920 cm-1 to 1190 cm-1 and 0.45 W pulse power. The new type of laser, an Intra-cavity out-coupling EC laser, was also proposed to enhance the power output and achieved over 1 W pulse power with keeping the same tuning range as the Littrow-type. / 中赤外分光の技術は非常に有用である。これはとりわけ多くの分子振動モードがこの波長帯域に存在しているためである。可変長レーザーである外部共振器量子カスケードレーザー(External cavity quantum cascade laser, EC-QCL)は、これらスペクトル領域を網羅することが可能で、したがって、EC-QCLは産業スケールを含めた、標準的な光源として非常に潜在的である。商品化のフェーズをさらに推し進めるため、このレーザー性能におけるボトムアップの技術が求められてる。 多くの中赤外光のアプリケーションには広帯域の光源が求められている。この研究はおもにそうした性能を最大化することを背景としている。具体的な目的としては、波長の変調性および光源の強度の向上である。これらの目的に取り組むため、我々はいくつかの段階にステージ化して研究を進めてきた。まず初めに、QCLおよびEC-QCLの基本的な特性の追求から始めた。QCLおよびEC-QCLの物理機構の理論的な考察を行い、これらからEC-QCL形態における要素の最適条件もしくは要請を求めた。QCL素子が、その主要な部位であり、EC系におけるほとんどの性能特性である量子効率、変調領域幅、増幅器の光学損失を決定する。 さまざまなアプローチによりこれら緒特性の最適化が行われた。 この研究のなかで、我々グループ内でシステムの心臓となるQCL素子の全製造プロセス(結晶成長から素子コーティングに至るまで)をおこなった。これら製造手順および性能特性の詳細もまた本論文に記す。 ECレーザーにおける要請特性の中で特に困難な課題として、レーザー素子の内部断面(intra-facet)の反射率の低減があげられる。これに応じるものとして、我々は新たな反射防止膜のコンセプトで、特に中赤外光領域に有益なものを提案した。この実現のために、様々な誘電体物質の光学特性を調べ、中赤外光の応用に最適なものを選択し、実際のコーティングに応用した。ここで提案されたモデル``quasi-Lockhart'' (疑ロックハート)のコーティングは、実験によりその高い性能が実証された。波長7–12 μmの領域をカバーし、かつその全領域内で反射率を1%以下に抑えることができた。またこのコーティングは広帯域ゲインのチップにも施され、その反射率を全体域をカバーしながら、0.75%まで低減させた。この成果はEC-QCLだけでなく、一般の中赤外光の光学コーティングにおいても大いに有用であろう。 さらに、我々は本研究の中でレーザーシステムの構築にも取り組んだ。この研究のなかで、二台のLittrow型レーザーと、新たな光学系をもつECレーザーを構築し、その高性能性を実証した。Littrow型では920 cm-1-1190 cm-1の帯域とパルス強0.45 Wを達成。新たなレーザーシステムであるIntra-cavity out-coupling系は従来の系にくらべ高出力することを目的とされ、その帯域を維持しながら、パルス強1~Wの出力を達成した。またこれら新たなシステムを用いて、またプロジェクトバートナーとの食道癌の細胞イメージングも試験、およびグループにおいてアンモニアの吸光度測定を実施した。

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