A novel approach to optical pulse shaping and arbitrary waveform generation (OAWG) using time-domain spectral shaping (TDSS) in negative and positive dispersion in commercial optical fibers has been proposed and evaluated. In order to study the pulse shaping capability of this OAWG system, mathematical analysis was used to determine expressions for the expected output waveform under certain assumptions. Then, Matlab code was developed to model the propagation of an optical signal through a fiber with arbitrary characteristics as well as optical modulation using an electro-optic modulator. The code was first benchmarked to several well-known theoretical systems to ensure that it produced accurate results, and then it was used to examine the ability of this novel OAWG approach to generate different waveforms under various conditions. The results of numerous simulations are presented and used to qualitatively examine the ability of this system to perform OAWG in a real-world setting. Based on the results of simulations, mathematical modeling, as well as previous research in this area, it was determined that higher-order fiber dispersion could be a limitation to the time-bandwidth product and pulse shaping fidelity of this pulse shaping method. Additional dispersion compensation techniques were devised to help overcome these limitations such as the use of multiple dispersion-compensating fibers and spectral phase modulation. An OAWG system employing these techniques was also simulated using the developed Matlab code. Using these results, the possibility and feasibility of employing this system in various pulse shaping applications such as optical communications, are discussed and analyzed. Limitations of the system are also investigated, and methods to improve the system for future applications are suggested.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005. / Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center; full text release delayed at author's request until 2006 Aug 15.

Orientadores: Ernesto Ruppert Filho; Marcelo Gradella Villalva / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-20T00:11:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ota_JoaoInacioYutaka_M.pdf: 7717643 bytes, checksum: c0a1a3d8391b140cd3113fbbbc0106b8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: Este trabalho apresenta um estudo sobre filtro ativo de potência paralelo para sistema trifásico com quatro fios, discutindo técnicas de compensação e de controle de correntes. O estudo concentra-se no filtro ativo paralelo composto por um inversor do tipo fonte de tensão com quatro pernas. Com esta estrutura de conversor são realizados estudos e simulações em computador de estratégias de compensação de correntes harmônicas e de controle de correntes. São investigadas técnicas de controle repetitivo, ressonante e proporcional-integral. Os sistemas de controle de correntes são construídos com um algoritmo de modulação por largura de pulsos tridimensional com vetores espaciais, que é investigado em detalhes no trabalho / Abstract: This dissertation presents a study of three-phase four-wire shunt active power filter, discussing compensation and control currents techniques. The study focuses on the shunt active filter composed by a four-leg voltage source inverter. Using this converter structure studies about strategies for compensation of harmonic currents and current control are carried out through computer simulations. Repetitive, resonant and proportional-integral control techniques are investigated. The current control system is performed using an algorithm of three-dimensional space-vector pulse width modulation, which is investigated in detail in the work / Mestrado / Energia Eletrica / Mestre em Engenharia Elétrica

Orientador: Ernesto Ruppert Filho / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-21T00:56:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dias_AgnaldoVieira_M.pdf: 2229736 bytes, checksum: 725a7fa267bc30780c457689e4356336 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: O estudo da utilização de conversores CC/CC isolados e elevadores de tensão para a alimentação de moduladores de pulsos é apresentado neste trabalho. Foi selecionada a topologia em ponte completa, dando-se enfoque ao problema das capacitâncias parasitas envolvidas no circuito, que aparecem de forma acentuada em transformadores elevadores de tensão e filtros indutivos de saída e são altamente indesejáveis quando se opera em regime chaveado. Essas capacitâncias são tratadas através de uma forma de amortecimento, onde a energia armazenada nas mesmas é devolvida à fonte primária ao final de cada semiciclo de chaveamento, tentando obter-se menor volume, maior rendimento e menor dissipação de calor no conversor. Além disso, um circuito de regulação de carga é utilizado para garantir uma maior estabilidade de pulso e contornar problemas típicos de moduladores de pulsos utilizados em radares, como o efeito de backswing. O modulador de pulsos utilizado como carga para esse sistema opera com uma tensão de alimentação de 1kV, frequência de repetição de pulsos (PRF) de 585Hz e consome uma potência da ordem de 2,1kW. O conversor CC/CC é alimentado por um barramento CC não regulado de 280V / Abstract: The study of high-voltage isolated DC/DC converters used to supply pulse modulators is presented on this dissertation. The Full Bridge topology was selected, focusing in problems caused by parasitic capacitances in the circuit. This characteristic, which appears sharply in high voltage transformers and in inductors of output filter, is highly undesirable when the circuit is operated in switching mode. These capacitances are handled using a soft commutation technique, where their stored energy are returned to the primary source in the end of each switching cycle, trying to get a low size, high efficiency and low heat dissipation in the converter. Moreover, a charging regulator circuit is used to ensure good pulse stability and avoid typical problems in the pulse modulators use, such as the backswing effect. The pulse modulator used as load for this converter operates with a supply voltage of 1kV, pulse repetition frequency (PRF) of 585Hz and consumes 2.1 kW. The converter input is supplied by a 280V unregulated DC bus / Mestrado / Energia Eletrica / Mestre em Engenharia Elétrica

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / Grades de Bragg nÃo-lineares tÃm sido consideradas desde o final do sÃculo passado para aplicaÃÃes em sistemas de comunicaÃÃes Ãpticas e sensoriamento. O estudo de pulsos ultra-curtos em grades de Bragg lineares, entretanto, sà tem sido considerado nos Ãltimos anos, devido ao desenvolvimento de tÃcnicas numÃricas especÃficas para se resolver o problema. Neste trabalho, foi realizado um estudo analÃtico-numÃrico das caracterÃsticas de transmissÃo e reflexÃo das grades de Bragg nÃo-lineares. Pela primeira vez, foram consideradas variaÃÃes periÃdicas da nÃo-linearidade no dispositivo operando no regime de onda continua, levando a uma nova classe de grades nÃo-uniformes. CaracterÃsticas dos estados bi- e multi-estÃveis foram extensamente investigados nas grades de Bragg nÃo-lineares. TambÃm, pela primeira vez, foi realizado o estudo numÃrico de pulsos ultracurtos ($sim$1 ps) incidindo em grades nÃo-lineares. O enfoque foi dado para a dependÃncia da intensidade de um pulso ultracurto ao passar por tal grade. Foram estudadas, ainda, as dependÃncias na forma temporal da profundidade de modulaÃÃo da grade e do Ãndice nÃo-linear. Grades apodizadas foram consideradas, jà que estas sÃo de importÃncia fundamental nos sitemas de comunicaÃÃes modernos. / Nonlinear fiber Bragg gratings has been considered since the end of last century for applications in optical communications and sensor techniques. The investigation of ultrashort pulses in linear Bragg gratings, however has been considered in the last few years due the development of specifical numerical techniques to solve this problem. In the present work an analytical and numerical study of the reflection and transmission characteristics of nonlinear Bragg gratings was done. For the first time, it has been considered periodic variations of the nonlinearity in that devices operating in the continuous wave regime, leading to a new class of nonuniform gratings. It was extensively investigated the bi- and multistable characteristics in these nonlinear fiber Bragg gratings. Also, for the first time, the numerical study of ultrahsort pulses ($sim$1 ps) incident in nonlinear gratings was done. The focus was the input pulse intensity dependence on that gratings. Also, the depedences in the time shapes of grating index modulation depth and nonlinear index were studied. Apodized gratings were considered since they are of fundamental importance in modern communications systems.