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
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_320549 |
| Date | January 1995 |
| Contributors | Lee, Yip-Chi., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Electronic Engineering. |
| Publisher | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, [141] leaves : ill. (some mounted col.) ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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