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Recent experiments with optical fibers have reached a remarkable development for optical communication spectroscopy as well as a medical technology. Hollow optical fibers are required for optical communications. The measurement of the transmission of light through fibers can provide information about the fiber quality and about the far-field energy which radiates from the fiber end. We used five flexible hollow fused quartz fibers to study laser beam propagation down the fiber axis. Five different refractive index fluids were prepared and inserted into the fiber core to measure the transmitted intensity as a function of core property. The plots of the normalized, relative transmitted intensity measured as a function of the beam insertion point show the dependence of the transmitted intensity as a function of fiber diameter and refractive index fluid.

Hui Yat Wai. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 106-108). / Acknowledgments / Abstract / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- Theory / Chapter 2.1 --- Optical Waveguide --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Optical Waveguide Classification / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Theoretical Analysis of 2-dimensional Step Index Waveguides / Chapter 2.2 --- Optical Waveguides Measurement --- p.18 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Refractive Index Measurement / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Loss Measurement / Chapter 2.3 --- Ion Implantation and Annealing --- p.36 / Chapter 2.4 --- Refractive Index Change --- p.40 / Chapter 3. --- Equipments and Their Experimental Setup / Chapter 3.1 --- Light Source-Laser Diode --- p.42 / Chapter 3.2 --- Ellipsometry Measurement System --- p.45 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Ellipsometry Measurement System and its Existing Problems / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Improvement of the Original System / Chapter 3.2.3 --- System Calibration / Chapter 3.3 --- Reflectance Measurement System --- p.51 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- System Design and Setup / Chapter 3.3.2 --- System Calibration / Chapter 3.4 --- End-Coupling Measurement System --- p.56 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- System Setup / Chapter 3.4.2 --- System Calibration / Chapter 4. --- Experiment / Chapter 4.1 --- Samples Preparation --- p.77 / Chapter 4.2 --- Refractive Index Measurement by Ellipsometer --- p.80 / Chapter 4.3 --- Refractive Index Measurement by Reflectance --- p.84 / Chapter 4.4 --- Waveguide Measurement --- p.88 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Fiber-Waveguide Coupling / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Lens-Waveguide Coupling / Chapter 5. --- Results and Discussion / Chapter 5.1 --- Refractive Index Change and Waveguide Formation --- p.94 / Chapter 5.2 --- Mechanism of Refractive Index Change --- p.100 / Chapter 6. --- Conclusion --- p.103 / Chapter 7. --- Improvement and Extension --- p.105 / Reference --- p.106 / Appendices / Chapter A. --- Thick.m --- p.VI / Chapter B. --- Distrib.m --- p.IX

by Choi Kup Sze. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references. / Acknowledgement / Abstract / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1-1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction --- p.1-1 / Chapter 1.2 --- References --- p.1-6 / Chapter 2. --- Theory of Optical Waveguides --- p.2-1 / Chapter 2.1 --- Theory of Planar Slab Waveguides --- p.2-2 / Chapter 2.2 --- Theory of Channel Dielectric Waveguides --- p.2-13 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Marcatili's Method --- p.2-13 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Effective Index Method --- p.2-20 / Chapter 2.3 --- References --- p.2-24 / Chapter 3. --- A Numerical Method for Optical Waveguides --- p.3-1 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.3-1 / Chapter 3.2 --- two-dimensional Fourier Series Expansion Method --- p.3-2 / Chapter 3.3 --- References --- p.3-13 / Chapter 4. --- Theory of Directional Couplers --- p.4-1 / Chapter 4.1 --- Dual-Channel Coupler --- p.4-1 / Chapter 4.2 --- Multi-channel Directional Coupler --- p.4-8 / Chapter 4.3 --- References --- p.4-9 / Chapter 5. --- Waveguide Formation by Ion Implantation --- p.5-1 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.5-1 / Chapter 5.2 --- Physics of Ion Implantation --- p.5-3 / Chapter 5.3 --- Lattice Damage and Annealing --- p.5-5 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Lattice Damage --- p.5-5 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Annealing --- p.5-6 / Chapter 5.4 --- Index Change due to Implantation --- p.5-8 / Chapter 5.5 --- Waveguide Processing Techniques --- p.5-10 / Chapter 5.5.1 --- Photolithography --- p.5-10 / Chapter 5.5.2 --- Processing Techniques --- p.5-11 / Chapter 5.6 --- References --- p.5-13 / Chapter 6. --- Optical Loss in Waveguides --- p.6-1 / Chapter 6.1 --- Loss Mechanisms in Optical Waveguides --- p.6-1 / Chapter 6.2 --- Principle of Propagation Loss Measurement --- p.6-4 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Cut-back Method --- p.6-5 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Scattering Light Method --- p.6-7 / Chapter 6.2.3 --- Fabry-Perot Interference Technique --- p.6-9 / Chapter 6.3 --- References --- p.6-16 / Chapter 7. --- Fabrication and Measurement of Optical Waveguides --- p.7-1 / Chapter 7.1 --- Fabrication of Optical Waveguides --- p.7-1 / Chapter 7.1.1 --- Fabrication of waveguides in GaAs by MeV oxygen ion implantation --- p.7-1 / Chapter 7.1.2 --- Waveguide End Facet Preparation --- p.7-4 / Chapter 7.2 --- Measurement of Optical Waveguides --- p.7-7 / Chapter 7.2.1 --- Laser Sources --- p.7-7 / Chapter 7.2.2 --- Guided Wave Excitation --- p.7-10 / Chapter 7.2.3 --- Intensity Profile Measurement --- p.7-17 / Chapter 7.2.4 --- Coupling Coefficient Measurement --- p.7-20 / Chapter 7.2.5 --- Propagation Loss Measurement --- p.7-25 / Chapter 7.3 --- References --- p.7-34 / Chapter 8. --- Results and Discussions --- p.8-1 / Chapter 8.1 --- Near Field Pattern Measurement --- p.8-1 / Chapter 8.2 --- Discussion on the Index Change of the Implanted GaAs --- p.8-5 / Chapter 8.3 --- Propagation Loss Measurement --- p.8-8 / Chapter 8.4 --- Observation of Optical Coupling in Directional Coupler --- p.8-14 / Chapter 8.5 --- References --- p.8-19 / Chapter 9. --- Conclusion --- p.9-1 / Chapter 10. --- Improvement and Extension --- p.10-1 / Appendix 1 Evaluation of the product〈n2 φuvφu'v'〉 --- p.A1-1 / Appendix 2 Transmission of Lossy Fabry-Perot Cavity --- p.A2-1 / Appendix 3 Effective Index versus Index Difference --- p.A3-1 / Appendix 4 Effect of Temperature on the Transmission of a Fabry-Perot Cavity --- p.A4-1 / Appendix 5 Evaluation of An from the Near Field Pattern --- p.A5-1

Wong, Chi Yan. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-149). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract also in Chinese.

Shi Lei = 溶凝膠分佈反饋波導激光器之光學性質的研究 / 石蕾. / "September 2004." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-171) / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Shi Lei = Rong ning jiao fen bu fan kui bo dao ji guang qi zhi guang xue xing zhi de yan jiu / Shi Lei.

Zhang Ailing. / "September 2004." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.

An apodized grating coupler with the best coupling efficiency hitherto reported for shallow-etched waveguide grating couplers is described. By appropriate choice of waveguide/grating thicknesses and varying the coupling strength of the grating coupler via tailoring its fill factor to optimize the mode matching, a coupling loss of only 1.2dB was obtained for each fiber/silicon waveguide interface with a slightly titled optical fiber. / Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) based on Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate were proposed to make miniaturized photonic devices on chip, so that low-cost and compact devices for applications including sensing, inter/intra-chip communications and optical fiber communications could be made. One of the key challenges in the development of highly integrated PICs is efficient coupling of light between a submicron-sized nanophotonic wire and an optical fiber due to the large loss inherent from the mismatch in mode field size between the optical fibers and the nanophotonic wire waveguides. An attractive approach for efficient coupling is to use diffractive grating couplers which show many advantages over alternative approaches. However the angled alignment of the optical fiber to the grating as reported in the previous work is not desirable for a low-cost optical packaging process. / The 2D grating couplers could be used as polarization splitter. Polarization insensitive coupling and polarization-diversity circuits are realized by the 2D grating couplers. We also demonstrated a novel silicon waveguide grating which serves dual functions: as a 1x2 variable integrated beam splitter/combiner and as an out-of plane diffractive element for coupling light. The split ratio can be tuned by changing the launch position of the optical fiber without introducing much excess loss. An integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) is implemented with this novel functional element. This MZI was demonstrated as a demodulator for differential phase-shift-keying (DPSK) signal. / We demonstrated a simple technique to realize vertical fiber coupling with linearly chirped grating periods. No additional fabrication process is required yet a comparable coupling efficiency is achieved with the proposed chirped grating couplers with vertical optical fibers. Design and experimental results of onedimensional (lD) gratings, two-dimensional (2D) gratings, focusing gratings and fully-etched nanoholes gratings are described in the thesis. We also describe the waveguides and grating couplers fabricated on silicon-on-sapphire for mid-infrared applications. / Chen, Xia. / Adviser: H.K. Tsang. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-03, Section: B, page: . / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [201-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract also in Chinese.

Chan Po Shan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 79). / Text in English; abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chan Po Shan. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Application of Optical Waveguides --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Planar Waveguide Characterizations --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Silicon-On-Insulator Rib Waveguides --- p.3 / Chapter 1.4 --- Polarization compensation schemes --- p.4 / Chapter 1.5 --- Objectives --- p.6 / Chapter 2 --- Silicon-On-Insuiator Rib Waveguides --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1 --- Properties of Silicon Waveguides --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2 --- Single Mode Rib Waveguides Simulations --- p.11 / Chapter 2.3 --- Special design optimisations --- p.14 / Chapter 2.4 --- Fabrications and Results --- p.16 / Chapter 3 --- Polarization Characteristics of SOI Rib Waveguides --- p.20 / Chapter 3.1 --- Properties of silicon and effect of rib structure --- p.20 / Chapter 3.2 --- Polarization affected by Form Birefringence --- p.21 / Chapter 3.3 --- Case Study: Arrayed Waveguide Grating --- p.23 / Chapter 3.4 --- Possibility of polarization Compensation in planar waveguides --- p.26 / Chapter 4 --- Fixed Polarization Compensation Techniques --- p.30 / Chapter 4.1 --- Theoretical analysis of slant rib waveguides on polarization --- p.30 / Chapter 4.2 --- Focused Ion Beam Trimming of SOI waveguides --- p.31 / Chapter 4.3 --- Possible applications --- p.36 / Chapter 5 --- Tuneable Polarization Compensation Techniques --- p.41 / Chapter 5.1 --- stress on rib waveguide for polarization compensation --- p.41 / Chapter 5.2 --- Magnetostriction and Magnetostrictive Materials --- p.42 / Chapter 5.3 --- Sputtering of soft magnetic layer on SOI rib waveguides --- p.46 / Chapter 5.4 --- Test results and Analysis --- p.47 / Chapter 6 --- Advanced SOI Devices --- p.55 / Chapter 6.1 --- Unique planar optoelectronics devices --- p.55 / Chapter 6.2 --- Simulation and Fabrications --- p.57 / Chapter 6.3 --- Test Results and Discussion --- p.58 / Chapter 7 --- Conclusion --- p.62 / Chapter 7.1 --- Summary --- p.62 / Chapter 7.2 --- Future work --- p.63 / Appendices / Chapter A1 --- Effective Index Method --- p.66 / Chapter A2 --- Beam Propagation Method --- p.70 / Chapter A3 --- SOI Rib Waveguide Fabrication --- p.72 / Chapter A4 --- Focused Ion Beam --- p.74 / Chapter A5 --- Polarization Optics --- p.76 / List of Publications --- p.79

This work is concerned with the modeling and analysis of lossy planar dielectric optical waveguides. Loss mechanisms which affect propagation characteristics are reviewed, and various representations of the propagation constant in the lossy case are defined. Waveguide structures which are susceptable to absorption and/or to leakage loss, in particular silicon-based structures, are discussed. The modeling and analysis of these waveguides by various computational techniques is considered. Two computational methods, the commonly used transfer matrix method and the recently developed impedance boundary method of moments (IBMOM), are reviewed and extended to the complex domain. A third computational method, which offers improved convergence of the IBMOM for structures with large stepwise changes in refractive index, is formulated. In this approach, the regions containing refractive index discontinuities are replaced by equivalent extended impedance boundary conditions, and expansion of the transverse field in the remaining region of continuous refractive index profile is carried out. A significant increase in the rate of convergence is demonstrated for various waveguide structures, including an anti-resonant reflecting optical waveguide (ARROW) structure. Two applications of the IBMOM with extended impedance boundary conditions are presented. In the first, the method is applied to the design of a chemical sensor. The sensor, a silicon-based ARROW structure, is designed to measure the refractive index of certain chemical substances with a high degree of accuracy. In a second application, graded index SiON waveguides fabricated at Oregon State University are characterized and compared to the theoretical model. Excellent agreement between the theoretical and measured coupling angles is shown. / Graduation date: 1996