Thesis (M.S. in Electrical Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 1990. / Thesis Advisor(s): Myers, Glen. Second Reader: Ha, Tri. "September 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on December 21, 2009. DTIC Identifiers: Direct sequence spread spectrum, data clocks, delay lock loops, sequence generators. Author(s) subject terms: Direct-sequence spread spectrum, communications, data clock recovery, M-sequence, delay-lock loop, spread spectrum, binary sequence generation. Includes bibliographical references (p. 40). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S.)--Worcester Polytechnic Institute. / Keywords: time series; Erlang-K distributions; channel assignment. Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-121).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-88).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004. Directed by Hsien-Hsin S. Lee. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-58).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Florida, 2002. / Title from title page of source document. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 130-136). Also available in electronic version. Access restricted to campus users.

Thesis (M. S.)--Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. / Committee Chair: Jayant, Nikil; Committee Member: Anderson, David; Committee Member: Lee, Chin-Hui. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.

published_or_final_version / Electrical and Electronic Engineering / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Electrical and Electronic Engineering / Master / Master of Philosophy

Presented in this thesis is a study of the Temporal Talbot effect within the context of return-to-zero data communication systems. First, we examine its features and limitations subject to realistic input conditions. We consider three independent impairments in the incident pulse train: excessively broad pulse width, amplitude noise, and timing jitter. In addition to determining and quantifying the effects of all these impairments, we demonstrate a beneficial, mitigating effect of the Talbot self-imaging process on the two last ones. We then demonstrate a novel, tunable pulse repetition multiplier using cascaded fiber Bragg gratings, with an output repetition rate exceeding 100 GHz. We finalize our study on the system level by exploring and characterizing the Talbot effect for all-optical clock recovery. Two distinct implementations are considered, one with fiber Bragg gratings and the second with single-mode fiber. The latter also allows us to perform a proof-of-principle demonstration of simultaneous clock recovery at two wavelengths.