Thesis (Ph.D.)--Bowling Green State University, 2006. / Document formatted into pages; contains xxi, 215 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005. / Rick Trebino, Committee Member ; Philip First, Committee Member ; Chandra Raman, Committee Member ; Ali Adibi, Committee Member ; John Buck, Committee Member. Vita. Includes bibliographical referenced.

by Lee Yip-Chi. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [129]-[134]). / Acknowledgments / Abstract / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1-1 / Chapter 1.1) --- Recent approaches for wavelength-tunable optical pulse generation --- p.1 -2 / Chapter 1.2) --- Self-seeding a gain-switched Fabry-Perot laser diode --- p.1 -5 / Chapter 1.3) --- About this project --- p.1-8 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- Basic theory --- p.2-1 / Chapter 2.1) --- Basic mechanism of gain-switching --- p.2-1 / Chapter 2.2) --- Mechanism of self-seeding --- p.2-5 / Chapter 2.2.1) --- General principle --- p.2-5 / Chapter 2.2.2) --- Dynamics of singlemode formation --- p.2-7 / Chapter 2.2.3) --- Different cases of modal selection --- p.2-8 / Chapter 2.2.4) --- Reduction of turn-on delay time jitter of optical output --- p.2-10 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- Instrumentation --- p.3-1 / Chapter 3.1) --- Second harmonic autocorrelator --- p.3-1 / Chapter 3.1.1) --- Principle --- p.3-1 / Chapter 3.1.2) --- Description of the 2nd harmonic autocorrelator system --- p.3-3 / Chapter 3.1.3) --- Data acquisition --- p.3-4 / Chapter 3.1.4) --- Alignment and Measurement procedures --- p.3-5 / Chapter 3.1.5) --- Pulsewidth determination by curve fitting --- p.3-7 / Chapter 3.2) --- Optical pulse detection by high speed photodetector --- p.3-9 / Chapter 3.2.1) --- High speed photodetectors --- p.3-9 / Chapter 3.2.2) --- Data acquisition --- p.3-10 / Chapter 3.2.3) --- Deconvolution of the measured optical pulsewidth --- p.3-11 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Self-seeding 830 nm laser diode using conventional grating method --- p.4-1 / Chapter 4.1) --- Introduction --- p.4-1 / Chapter 4.2) --- Design parameters --- p.4-2 / Chapter 4.2.1) --- External cavity length --- p.4-2 / Chapter 4.2.2) --- Grating orientation --- p.4-3 / Chapter 4.3) --- Experiment --- p.4-4 / Chapter 4.3.1) --- Experimental setup --- p.4-4 / Chapter 4.3.2) --- Equipment Description --- p.4-5 / Chapter 4.4) --- Results and discussion --- p.4-6 / Chapter Chapter 5. --- Self-seeding 1.3 μm LD using fiber-optic configuration --- p.5-1 / Chapter 5.1) --- Optimized operation of self-seeded laser diode --- p.5-1 / Chapter 5.1.1) --- General Description --- p.5-1 / Chapter 5.1.2) --- Components --- p.5-1 / Chapter 5.1.3) --- Experimental setup --- p.5-6 / Chapter 5.1.4) --- Feedback rate measurement --- p.5-8 / Chapter 5.1.5) --- Results and discussion --- p.5-9 / Chapter 5.2) --- Electrical bias dependence on the self-seeded LD --- p.5-15 / Chapter 5.3) --- An efficient scheme to improve tuning range and provide continuous tuning --- p.5-20 / Chapter 5.3.1) --- General Description --- p.5-20 / Chapter 5.3.2) --- Principle of thermal control scheme --- p.5-20 / Chapter 5.3.3) --- Experimental setup --- p.5-22 / Chapter 5.3.4) --- Results and Discussions --- p.5-23 / Chapter Chapter 6. --- A novel self-seeding configuration --- p.6-1 / Chapter 6.1) --- Principle --- p.6-1 / Chapter 6.2) --- Highly dispersion-shifted fiber --- p.6-2 / Chapter 6.3) --- Optical fiber-mirror --- p.6-3 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Fabrication --- p.6-4 / Chapter 6.3.2) --- Characterization: --- p.6-6 / Chapter 6.4) --- Experiment --- p.6-10 / Chapter 6.5) --- Results --- p.6-12 / Chapter 6.6) --- Discussions --- p.6-27 / Chapter 6.6.1) --- Electrical tuning characteristic --- p.6-27 / Chapter 6.6.2) --- Sidemode supression ratio characteristics --- p.6-30 / Chapter 6.6.3) --- Thermal tuning characteristics --- p.6-33 / Chapter 6.7) --- Summary --- p.6-36 / Chapter Chapter 7. --- Half-period delayed dual-wavelength picosecond optical pulse generation using a self-seeded laser diode --- p.7-1 / Chapter 7.1) --- Introduction --- p.7-1 / Chapter 7.2) --- Principle --- p.7-2 / Chapter 7.3) --- Experiment --- p.7-4 / Chapter 7.4) --- Results and discussions --- p.7-5 / Chapter Chapter 8. --- A proposed self-seeding configuration for the programmable multi- wavelength optical pulse generation --- p.8-1 / Chapter Chapter 9. --- Conclusion --- p.9-1 / References / Appendix / List of accepted and submitted publications

Pulse Compression and Dispersion Control in Ultrafast Optics Vikrant K. Chauhan 116 Pages Directed by Dr. Rick P. Trebino In this thesis, we introduced novel pulse compressors that are easy to align and which also compensate for higher order dispersion terms. They use a single dispersive element or a combination of dispersive elements in single-element-geometry. They solve the problem of extra-cavity pulse compression by providing control of the pulse width in almost all of the experiments performed using ultrashort pulses, and they even compensate for higher order dispersion. We performed full spatiotemporal characterization of these compressors and demonstrated their performance. We also developed a theoretical simulation of pulse compressors which is based on a matrix based formalism. It models the full spatiotemporal characteristics of any dispersion control system. We also introduced a simple equation, in its most general form, to relate the total dispersion and magnification introduced by an arbitrary sequence of dispersive devices. Pulse compressor characterization was done using interferometric measurements in the experiments presented in this work, but we also developed a method to measure pulses that uses polarization gating FROG for measuring two unknown pulses. In the last part, we briefly discuss the designing of a high energy chirped pulse amplification system.

In this thesis, Molecular Dynamics simulations of shocked single crystals of Copper and Iron are studied using simulated X-ray diffraction. Strains and volumetric compression in modeled Copper crystals shock-compressed on picosecond time-scales are found. By comparing the shifts in the second and fourth diffraction orders, the density of dislocations is calculated. In Iron, simulated X-ray diffraction is used to verify the modelling of the α-ε phase transition induced by shock-compression on picosecond time-scales. No plastic deformation of Iron is found in the studied pressure range of ~ 15-53 GPa. The results are then compared with data from in situ X-ray diffraction experiments of laser-shocked single crystals. Near-hydrostatic compression of shock-compressed Copper on nanosecond time-scales is confirmed using a new wide-angle film diagnostic capturing diffraction from multiple crystal planes. Also, the first in situ X-ray diffraction evidence of the onset of the α-ε phase transition in laser-shocked single crystal Iron is shown. No plastic yield of the crystal lattice is found, which is in agreement with the simulation results. Results from both the Molecular Dynamics simulations and experiments are used to suggest enhancements in computer modelling of shocked crystals, as well as future experimental studies. In particular, the need for a measurement of dislocation densities during the shock wave passage through a crystal is highlighted, and a method enabling such a measurement is proposed.

Thesis (M. S.)--Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. / Committee Chair: Rick Trebino; Committee Member: Jennifer Curtis; Committee Member: John Buck; Committee Member: Mike Chapman; Committee Member: Stephen Ralph.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Bowling Green State University, 2005. / Document formatted into pages; contains xvii, 133 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references.

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by Chi Sang Wong. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references. / Abstract also in Chinese. / Abstract --- p.ii / Acknowledgements --- p.vii / Table of Contents --- p.viii / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Organisation of Thesis --- p.4 / References --- p.6 / Chapter 2 --- Principles and Theories --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- Device Concepts --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2 --- Picosecond Photoconductors --- p.14 / Chapter 2.3 --- Photoconducting Antennas --- p.18 / Chapter 2.4 --- Summary --- p.20 / References --- p.21 / Chapter 3 --- Self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire (Ti:Al203) Laser --- p.24 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.25 / Chapter 3.2 --- Self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire Laser Cavity --- p.26 / Chapter 3.3 --- Negative Dispersion Using Pairs of Prisms --- p.28 / Chapter 3.4 --- Kerr-lens Mode-Locked Model: Role of Space-time Effects --- p.33 / Chapter 3.5 --- Initiation of Self-mode-locked Pulses --- p.37 / Chapter 3.6 --- 39-fs Pulses from A Self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire Laser --- p.38 / Chapter 3.7 --- Summary --- p.42 / References --- p.43 / Chapter 4 --- Photoconductive Detection of Millimetre Waves Using LT-GaAs --- p.46 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.47 / Chapter 4.2 --- Devices Structures --- p.48 / Chapter 4.3 --- Experimental Setup --- p.52 / Chapter 4.4 --- Results and Discussion --- p.54 / Chapter 4.5 --- Summary --- p.57 / References --- p.58 / Chapter 5 --- Investigation of Other Materials for THz Detection --- p.60 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.61 / Chapter 5.2 --- Material Preparation --- p.62 / Chapter 5.3 --- Devices Structures --- p.64 / Chapter 5.4 --- Experimental Setup --- p.68 / Chapter 5.5 --- Results and Discussion --- p.69 / Chapter 5.6 --- Investigation of Other Materials --- p.72 / Chapter 5.7 --- Summary --- p.73 / References --- p.74 / Chapter 6 --- Characteristics of Millimetre Waves --- p.76 / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.77 / Chapter 6.2 --- Experimental Setup --- p.78 / Chapter 6.3 --- Experimental Results --- p.80 / Chapter 6.4 --- Experimental Setup --- p.83 / Chapter 6.5 --- Experimental Results --- p.85 / Chapter 6.6 --- Summary --- p.86 / References --- p.87 / Chapter 7 --- Conclusion and Future Work --- p.88 / Chapter 7.1 --- Conclusion --- p.88 / Chapter 7.2 --- Future Work --- p.91 / Appendixes --- p.A-l / Chapter Appendix A: --- Hall Effect Measurement System --- p.A-l / Chapter Appendix B: --- Photography of Device Structures --- p.A-2 / Chapter Appendix C: --- Fast Fourier Transform Program --- p.A-3 / Chapter Appendix D: --- List of Publications --- p.A-4

by Ka-Suen Lee. / "June 1998." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / 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.