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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004. / John A. Buck, Committee Chair ; Stephen E. Ralph, Committee Member ; Gee-Kung Chang, Committee Member ; Rick Trebino, Committee Member ; Glenn S. Smith, Committee Member. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-104).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Canterbury, 2008. / Typescript (photocopy). "May 2008." Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-165). Also available via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1987. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 15).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Canterbury, 2008. / Typescript (photocopy). "February 2008." Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-199). Also available via the World Wide Web.

D.Phil. (Electrical & Electronic Engineering Science) / Recent advancement in optical fibre communications technology is partly due to the advancement of optical thin-film technology. The advancement of optical thin-film technology includes the development of new and existing deposition and optical filter design methods. Genetic algorithm is one of the new design methods that show promising results in designing a number of complicated design specifications. The research is entirely devoted to the investigation of the genetic algorithm design method in the design of producible polarised and non-polarised edge filters for optical fibre communication applications. In this study, a number of optical filter design methods such as Fourier Transform and refining are investigated for their potential in designing those kinds of structures. Owing to the serious limitations to which they are subject, they could not yield the kind of results anticipated. It is the finding of this study that the genetic algorithm design method, through its optimisation capability, can give reliable and producible designs. This design method, in this study, optimises the thickness of each layer to get to the best possible solution. Its capability and unavoidable limitations in designing polarised and non-polarised beam splitters, edge filters and reflectors from absorptive and dispersive materials are well demonstrated. It is observed that the optical behaviour of the non-polarised filters designed by this method show a similar trend: as the angle of incidence increases the inevitable increase in the percentage of polarisation, stop bandwidth and ripple intensity is well controlled to an acceptable level. In the case of polarised designs the S-polarised designs show a better response to the optimisation process than the P-polarised designs, but all of them are kept well within an acceptable level. It is also demonstrated that polarised and non-polarised designs from the genetic algorithm are producible with great success. This research has accomplished the task of formulating a computer program using genetic algorithm in a Mathlab® environment for the design of producible polarised and non-polarised filters from materials of absorptive and dispersive nature.

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1989. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-147).

Thesis (Ph.D)--Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. / Committee Chair: Christopher F. Barnes; Committee Member: Andrew F. Peterson; Committee Member: Douglas B. Williams; Committee Member: Haomin Zhou; Committee Member: Justin K. Romberg. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.

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By placing two similar input transparencies adjacent to each other in the same plane, and illuminating them with coherent light, it is possible to create parallel fringes that will modulate the composite Fraunhofer diffraction pattern of the two input objects. The power spectrum of the combined inputs, i.e. test and reference signal Fourier transform, is analyzed for regularity of the fringe pattern. The method of interference used on input with small rotational errors and on relatively large displacements of the input does not affect the recognition capabilities of the system. This optical method is useful for making rapid pattern comparisons, where the signal to noise ratio is large. / Master of Science