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We demonstrate a new technique to monitor the polarization-mode dispersion in a fiber communication channel by analyzing the modulated data at the fiber output measured with Polarization-Sensitive Linear Optical Sampling (PS-LOS).
Alexana Roshko, Todd E. Harvey, Brittany L. Hyland, Lehman Y. Susan, Keith D. Cobry
The lateral uniformity of self-assembled InGaAs quantum dots grown by molecular beam epitaxy(MBE) was assessed as a function of growth conditions. Variations in the dot density and height were determined from atomic force micrographs. Growth rate had a
We measured in-plane bidirectional-reflectance-distribution-function (BRDF) profiles for specular, haze and Lambertian samples using a converging light beam and a photopic photodiode. The results were validated by comparing the hemispherical reflectance
A standard methodology exists for estimating the flux from front projection displays by sampling the projected illuminance of a white source signal. With the advent and use of white projection primaries, a dramatic increase in flux can be achieved over the
The measurement of small-area black regions on a white screen (such as a character stroke) can be subject to large errors because of veiling glare in the detector. Using replica masks can enable more accurate measurements of small-area-black and character
GaN nanowires with InGaN quantum wells (QW) were grown on heated Si(111) substrates by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) using elemental Ga and In and a radio-frequency-plasma N2 source. The growth procedures and the morphology of these nanowires have been
This document describes the technical work of the Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory. In this report, you will find that EEEL researchers are developing the world's most advanced sensors, providing advanced gamma ray imagers for astronomical
We demonstrate a technique for optical performance monitoring by simultaneously identifying optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR), chromatic dispersion (CD), and polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) using artificial neural networks trained with parameters
The fundamental starting point for the analysis of all two-state waveforms is the determination of the low- and highstate levels. This is a two-step process. First, the data are grouped into points belonging to each state, and second, the value of each
Ian R. Coddington, William C. Swann, Nathan R. Newbury
A stabilized frequency comb provides a broadband array of highly resolved comb lines. Using a multiheterodyne technique, we measure the amplitude and phase of every comb line, allowing for massively parallel, high-resolution optical sampling.
Edward F. Kelley, Karl Lang, Louis D. Silverstein, Michael H. Brill
A standard methodology exists for estimating the flux from front projection displays by sampling the projected illuminance of a white source signal. With the advent and use of white projection primaries, a dramatic increase in flux can be achieved over the
Measurement of a small black area on a white electronic display screen is often accompanied by serious contamination from veiling glare in the detector. The black measurement can be thousands of percent in error. Character-stroke-contrast or small-area
We developed artificial neural network models to simultaneously identify three separate impairments that can degrade optical channels, namely optical signal-to-noise ratio, chromatic dispersion, and polarization mode dispersion. The neural networks were