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On the Performance Analysis of Free-Space Optical Links under Generalized Turbulence and Misalignment ModelsAl-Quwaiee, Hessa 11 1900 (has links)
One of the potential solutions to the radio frequency (RF) spectrum scarcity
problem is optical wireless communications (OWC), which utilizes the unlicensed optical
spectrum. Long-range outdoor OWC are usually referred to in the literature
as free-space optical (FSO) communications. Unlike RF systems, FSO is immune to
interference and multi-path fading. Also, the deployment of FSO systems is flexible
and much faster than optical fibers. These attractive features make FSO applicable
for broadband wireless transmission such as optical fiber backup, metropolitan area
network, and last mile access. Although FSO communication is a promising technology,
it is negatively affected by two physical phenomenon, namely, scintillation due to
atmospheric turbulence and pointing errors. These two critical issues have prompted
intensive research in the last decade. To quantify the effect of these two factors on
FSO system performance, we need effective mathematical models. In this work, we
propose and study a generalized pointing error model based on the Beckmann distribution.
Then, we aim to generalize the FSO channel model to span all turbulence
conditions from weak to strong while taking pointing errors into consideration. Since
scintillation in FSO is analogous to the fading phenomena in RF, diversity has been
proposed too to overcome the effect of irradiance fluctuations. Thus, several combining
techniques of not necessarily independent dual-branch free-space optical links
were investigated over both weak and strong turbulence channels in the presence of
pointing errors. On another front, improving the performance, enhancing the capacity
and reducing the delay of the communication link has been the motivation of any newly developed schemes, especially for backhauling. Recently, there has been a
growing interest in practical systems to integrate RF and FSO technologies to solve
the last mile bottleneck. As such, we also study in this thesis asymmetric an RF-FSO
dual-hop relay transmission system with both fixed and variable gain relay.
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Nonlinear and spatially multimode optical phenomena for use in optical and quantum communicationsJanuary 2020 (has links)
archives@tulane.edu / Quantum nonlinear optics has opened up avenues to defy the measurement, sensing, and amplification limits inherent in classical physics. Separately, the use of multimode or spatially structured states in light-based communications allows for remarkable increases in the amount of information that may be transferred by an individual communication or light pulse. In this dissertation, we apply these two boundary-pushing concepts to several experimental projects, with a primary goal to hasten and facilitate the implementation of quantum and classical free-space optical communications schemes into real-life scenarios. We start by applying neural networks to the optimization of spatially-structured and pulsed light communications in Chapter 2, wherein our networks successfully learn to predict distorted optical pulses and classify noisy light patterns carrying non-zero orbital angular momentum. Chapter 3 focuses on four-wave mixing, a nonlinear light-matter interaction in atomic vapor that we use to construct quantum-correlated light beams with nontrivial structures as well as a novel phase-sensitive amplifier. Finally, we continue to take advantage of the complex nonlinear response of atomic vapor in Chapter 4, this time to create "self-regenerating" light beams whose cross-sections resemble Bessel-Gauss functions. / 1 / Erin Knutson
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Loop KindergartenWei, Xiaowei January 2020 (has links)
The project "Loop Kindergarten" is designed a new mode for a kindergarten in Peking China. In my opinion and based on my own experience, Chinese children are always under quite high pressure and expectations, even during childhood. Even the attitude towards play is very different in China. Play center activities are also called guided play in western countries; on the contrary, it is called corner play in China. Play was seen as being conflict with learning, and thus as time wasting. That is why Chinese children are always lack of free play. In metropolis like Peking, children often don't have enough access to nature, unlike in Europe. Compared to Europe, nature in the middle of city is not under good conditions. How to provide a better environment for children to play in terms of nature is one of the main topics of my project My goal is to design a new mode of kindergarten that helps children have a better and happier childhood in terms of nature on the one hand, but also meets the needs from society on the other hand.
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IMAGING SENSORS WITH DATA COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIESFEARING, CHRISTOPHER JAMES 03 April 2006 (has links)
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Optical Communication Systems for Smart DustSong, Yunbin 23 August 2002 (has links)
In this thesis, the optical communication systems for millimeter-scale sensing and communication devises known as "Smart Dust" are described and analyzed. A smart dust element is a self-contained sensing and communication system that can be combined into roughly a cubic-millimeter mote to perform integrated, massively distributed sensor networks. The suitable passive optical and fiber-optic communication systems will be selected for the further performance design and analysis based on the requirements for implementing these systems. Based on the communication link designs of the free-space passive optical and fiber-optic communication systems, the simulations for link performance will be performed. / Master of Science
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Acquisition time in laser inter-satellite link under satellite vibrationsLee, K., Mai, Vuong, Kim, H. 11 August 2024 (has links)
Yes / Pointing, acquisition, and tracking (PAT) is a major technical challenge of laser inter-satellite links (ISLs). For the fast establishment of laser link and the maximization of communication time, it is of importance to minimize the acquisition time. Satellite vibrations affect the PAT procedure adversely, and thus serve to increase the acquisition time. In this paper, we investigate through theoretical analysis the average acquisition time of laser ISLs in the presence of satellite vibrations. The analytic expression about the time taken from the beginning of spiral scan to the acquisition of the scan beam is provided in the presence of the pointing errors caused by vibrations. We also derive the optimum beam divergence angle for the acquisition time. The analyses are validated by Monte-Carlo computer simulations and a proof-of-concept experiment. The results show that the acquisition time can be minimized by adjusting the beam divergence angle adaptively to the link conditions. / Grant-in-aid of Hanwha Systems
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Projeto de um transceptor óptico para comunicação digital em espaço livre. / Design of an optical transceiver for free space optical digital communication.Gouveia, Fahim 08 March 2007 (has links)
Os sistemas de comunicação óptica por espaço livre, comumente denominados sistemas FSO (Free Space Optics), servem para estabelecer enlaces de comunicação do tipo wireless, ponto-a-ponto, a uma elevada taxa de dados e com alcances que podem variar de algumas centenas de metros a alguns quilômetros. O interesse pela tecnologia FSO tem sido estimulado pela necessidade de se fornecer soluções complementares às tradicionais (e.g. fibra óptica e RF) visando a atender à crescente demanda por conexões de banda larga. Algumas de suas aplicações mais importantes são a conexão de redes locais de computadores, a conexão de estações rádio base de telefonia móvel às centrais e o acesso de última milha. Embora a tecnologia FSO venha sendo empregada em pequena escala no Brasil, vislumbra-se o potencial de maior aplicação desta tecnologia em um futuro próximo, razão pela qual se propõe este estudo, focado no projeto de sistemas FSO. A principal contribuição deste trabalho é demonstrar uma possível solução para a realização de um enlace óptico operando em espaço livre, destinado a conectar duas redes locais de computadores Ethernet Rápida (100 Mbps). As seguintes atividades foram desenvolvidas: estudo das questões mais relevantes pertinentes ao projeto de sistemas FSO; projeto, construção e caracterização eletro-óptica de circuitos; montagem e demonstração do funcionamento de uma versão de testes do sistema, realizadas em laboratório; estudo de características associadas à transferência de radiação óptica de transmissor para receptor, envolvendo o balanço de potência para estimativa do alcance do enlace, sob condições atmosféricas ideais. Como resultado, obtivemos um sistema de comunicação do tipo full-duplex, operando no comprimento de onda de 850 nm em formato de modulação OOK, a uma taxa de dados efetiva de 125 Mbps. Com base na experiência obtida, melhoras ao sistema são sugeridas no final do trabalho. / Free space optical communication systems (FSO systems) provide wireless, point-to-point communication links at high data rates, at maximum distances ranging from hundreds of meters to several kilometers. The growing interest in FSO technology arises from the necessity of providing complementary and alternative solutions to those already adopted (eg. fiber optics and RF), aiming to satisfy the increasing demand for broadband connections. Some of its most important applications are connecting local area networks (LANs), backhauling wireless networks and providing last mile access. Although today FSO is not widely adopted in Brazil, the technology has the potential for being adopted in a greater scale in the near future, which is the reason we propose a study focused on issues related to the design of FSO systems. This work\'s main contribution is to demonstrate a possible solution for the construction of a FSO system intended to connect two Fast Ethernet LANs (100 Mbps). For this purpose, the following activities were developed: study of the main aspects related to FSO system design; design, construction and electrooptical characterization of circuits; mounting and demonstration, in the lab, of a test version of the system; study of characteristics related to radiation transfer from transmitter to receiver, involving the use of the link power budget for an estimation of the maximum distance achievable under ideal atmospheric conditions. The result is a full-duplex communication system that employs the 850 nm wavelength in OOK modulation format, operating at an effective bit rate of 125 Mbps. Based on the knowledge achieved, improvements to the system are suggested at the end of this work.
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Optical Switch on a Chip: The Talbot Effect, Lüneburg Lenses & MetamaterialsHamdam, Nikkhah 08 August 2013 (has links)
The goal of the research reported in this thesis is to establish the feasibility of a novel optical architecture for an optical route & select circuit switch suitable for implementation as a photonic integrated circuit. The proposed architecture combines Optical Phased Array (OPA) switch elements implemented as multimode interference coupler based Generalised Mach-Zehnder Interferometers (GMZI) with a planar Lüneburg lens-based optical transpose interconnection network implemented using graded metamaterial waveguide slabs. The proposed switch is transparent to signal format and, in principle, can have zero excess insertion loss and scale to large port counts. These switches will enable the low-energy consumption high capacity communications network infrastructure needed to provide environmentally-friendly broadband access to all.
The thesis first explains the importance of switch structures in optical communications networks and the difficulties of scaling to a large number of switch ports. The thesis then introduces the Talbot effect, i.e. the self-imaging of periodic field distributions in free space. It elaborates on a new approach to finding the phase relations between pairs of Talbot image planes at carefully selected positions. The free space Talbot effect is mapped to the waveguide Talbot effect which is fundamental to the operation of multimode interference couplers (MMI). Knowledge of the phase relation between the MMI ports is necessary to achieve correct operation of the GMZI OPA switch elements. An outline of the design procedures is given that can be applied to optimise the performance of MMI couplers and, as a consequence, the GMZI OPA switch elements. The Lüneburg Optical Transpose Interconnection System (LOTIS) is introduced as a potential solution to the problem of excessive insertion loss and cross-talk caused by the large number of crossovers in a switch fabric. Finally, the thesis explains how a Lüneburg lens may be implemented in a graded ‘metamaterial’, i.e. a composite material consisting of ‘atoms’ arranged on a regular lattice suspended in a host by nano-structuring of silicon waveguide slabs using a single etch-step. Furthermore, the propagation of light in graded almost-periodic structures is discussed. Detailed consideration is given to the calibration of the local homogenised effective index; in terms of the local parameters of the metamaterial microstructure in the plane and the corrections necessary to accommodate slab waveguide confinement in the normal to the plane. The concept and designs were verified by FDTD simulation. A 4×4 LOTIS structure showed correct routing of light with a low insertion loss of -0.25 dB and crosstalk of -24.12 dB. An -0.45 dB excess loss for 2D analysis and an -0.83 dB insertion excess loss for 3D analysis of two side by side metamaterial Lüneburg lenses with diameter of 15 μm was measured, which suggests that the metamaterial implementation produces minimal additional impairments to the switch.
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Optical Switch on a Chip: The Talbot Effect, Lüneburg Lenses & MetamaterialsHamdam, Nikkhah January 2013 (has links)
The goal of the research reported in this thesis is to establish the feasibility of a novel optical architecture for an optical route & select circuit switch suitable for implementation as a photonic integrated circuit. The proposed architecture combines Optical Phased Array (OPA) switch elements implemented as multimode interference coupler based Generalised Mach-Zehnder Interferometers (GMZI) with a planar Lüneburg lens-based optical transpose interconnection network implemented using graded metamaterial waveguide slabs. The proposed switch is transparent to signal format and, in principle, can have zero excess insertion loss and scale to large port counts. These switches will enable the low-energy consumption high capacity communications network infrastructure needed to provide environmentally-friendly broadband access to all.
The thesis first explains the importance of switch structures in optical communications networks and the difficulties of scaling to a large number of switch ports. The thesis then introduces the Talbot effect, i.e. the self-imaging of periodic field distributions in free space. It elaborates on a new approach to finding the phase relations between pairs of Talbot image planes at carefully selected positions. The free space Talbot effect is mapped to the waveguide Talbot effect which is fundamental to the operation of multimode interference couplers (MMI). Knowledge of the phase relation between the MMI ports is necessary to achieve correct operation of the GMZI OPA switch elements. An outline of the design procedures is given that can be applied to optimise the performance of MMI couplers and, as a consequence, the GMZI OPA switch elements. The Lüneburg Optical Transpose Interconnection System (LOTIS) is introduced as a potential solution to the problem of excessive insertion loss and cross-talk caused by the large number of crossovers in a switch fabric. Finally, the thesis explains how a Lüneburg lens may be implemented in a graded ‘metamaterial’, i.e. a composite material consisting of ‘atoms’ arranged on a regular lattice suspended in a host by nano-structuring of silicon waveguide slabs using a single etch-step. Furthermore, the propagation of light in graded almost-periodic structures is discussed. Detailed consideration is given to the calibration of the local homogenised effective index; in terms of the local parameters of the metamaterial microstructure in the plane and the corrections necessary to accommodate slab waveguide confinement in the normal to the plane. The concept and designs were verified by FDTD simulation. A 4×4 LOTIS structure showed correct routing of light with a low insertion loss of -0.25 dB and crosstalk of -24.12 dB. An -0.45 dB excess loss for 2D analysis and an -0.83 dB insertion excess loss for 3D analysis of two side by side metamaterial Lüneburg lenses with diameter of 15 μm was measured, which suggests that the metamaterial implementation produces minimal additional impairments to the switch.
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Projeto de um transceptor óptico para comunicação digital em espaço livre. / Design of an optical transceiver for free space optical digital communication.Fahim Gouveia 08 March 2007 (has links)
Os sistemas de comunicação óptica por espaço livre, comumente denominados sistemas FSO (Free Space Optics), servem para estabelecer enlaces de comunicação do tipo wireless, ponto-a-ponto, a uma elevada taxa de dados e com alcances que podem variar de algumas centenas de metros a alguns quilômetros. O interesse pela tecnologia FSO tem sido estimulado pela necessidade de se fornecer soluções complementares às tradicionais (e.g. fibra óptica e RF) visando a atender à crescente demanda por conexões de banda larga. Algumas de suas aplicações mais importantes são a conexão de redes locais de computadores, a conexão de estações rádio base de telefonia móvel às centrais e o acesso de última milha. Embora a tecnologia FSO venha sendo empregada em pequena escala no Brasil, vislumbra-se o potencial de maior aplicação desta tecnologia em um futuro próximo, razão pela qual se propõe este estudo, focado no projeto de sistemas FSO. A principal contribuição deste trabalho é demonstrar uma possível solução para a realização de um enlace óptico operando em espaço livre, destinado a conectar duas redes locais de computadores Ethernet Rápida (100 Mbps). As seguintes atividades foram desenvolvidas: estudo das questões mais relevantes pertinentes ao projeto de sistemas FSO; projeto, construção e caracterização eletro-óptica de circuitos; montagem e demonstração do funcionamento de uma versão de testes do sistema, realizadas em laboratório; estudo de características associadas à transferência de radiação óptica de transmissor para receptor, envolvendo o balanço de potência para estimativa do alcance do enlace, sob condições atmosféricas ideais. Como resultado, obtivemos um sistema de comunicação do tipo full-duplex, operando no comprimento de onda de 850 nm em formato de modulação OOK, a uma taxa de dados efetiva de 125 Mbps. Com base na experiência obtida, melhoras ao sistema são sugeridas no final do trabalho. / Free space optical communication systems (FSO systems) provide wireless, point-to-point communication links at high data rates, at maximum distances ranging from hundreds of meters to several kilometers. The growing interest in FSO technology arises from the necessity of providing complementary and alternative solutions to those already adopted (eg. fiber optics and RF), aiming to satisfy the increasing demand for broadband connections. Some of its most important applications are connecting local area networks (LANs), backhauling wireless networks and providing last mile access. Although today FSO is not widely adopted in Brazil, the technology has the potential for being adopted in a greater scale in the near future, which is the reason we propose a study focused on issues related to the design of FSO systems. This work\'s main contribution is to demonstrate a possible solution for the construction of a FSO system intended to connect two Fast Ethernet LANs (100 Mbps). For this purpose, the following activities were developed: study of the main aspects related to FSO system design; design, construction and electrooptical characterization of circuits; mounting and demonstration, in the lab, of a test version of the system; study of characteristics related to radiation transfer from transmitter to receiver, involving the use of the link power budget for an estimation of the maximum distance achievable under ideal atmospheric conditions. The result is a full-duplex communication system that employs the 850 nm wavelength in OOK modulation format, operating at an effective bit rate of 125 Mbps. Based on the knowledge achieved, improvements to the system are suggested at the end of this work.
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