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Laser Beam Steering with Thin Film GaAs on Plastic
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Bas, Derek
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Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2010, Master of Science (MS), Bowling Green State University, Physics.
Abstract
Optical networking requires the use of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) as beam steering components. Since current techniques require an external mechanical or electrical source to control output, they introduce obstacles to speed and efficiency that could be overcome by the use of all-optical components. Thin film GaAs has been observed to exhibit optical properties that would be useful in creating a new all-optical beam steering device. The objective of the current project is to more clearly understand the mechanics behind the properties that were observed. Results were obtained and studied and several preliminary designs for optical logic gate applications are discussed.
Committee
Bruno Ullrich, PhD (Advisor)
Mikhail Zamkov, PhD (Advisor)
Lewis Fulcher, PhD (Committee Member)
Robert Boughton, PhD (Committee Member)
Pages
42 p.
Subject Headings
Experiments
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Materials Science
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Optics
;
Physics
Keywords
optical switch
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laser
;
beam steering
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thin film
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semiconductors
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GaAs
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logic gate
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all-optical
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photonics
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absorption
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thermal expansion
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Bas, D. (2010).
Laser Beam Steering with Thin Film GaAs on Plastic
[Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1277119321
APA Style (7th edition)
Bas, Derek.
Laser Beam Steering with Thin Film GaAs on Plastic.
2010. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1277119321.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Bas, Derek. "Laser Beam Steering with Thin Film GaAs on Plastic." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1277119321
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