eprintid: 1435557 rev_number: 34 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/43/55/57 datestamp: 2014-11-14 09:10:57 lastmod: 2019-10-19 07:55:07 status_changed: 2014-11-14 09:10:57 type: thesis metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Wang, K title: Design, measurement and analysis of multimode light guides and waveguides for display systems and optical backplane interconnections ispublished: unpub divisions: A01 divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F46 abstract: The aim of the research in this thesis was to design and model multimode lightguides for optimising visible light for liquid crystal display systems and to design, model and experimentally test infrared light propagation within polymer multimode waveguides as board-to-board interconnects for high data rate communication. Ray tracing models the behaviour of a novel LCD colour separating backlight to optimize its efficiency by establishing the optimum dimensions and position for a unique micro-mirror array within the light guide. The output efficiency increased by 38.2% compared to the case without the embedded mirror array. A novel simulation technique combined a model of liquid crystal director orientation and a non-sequential ray tracing program was used first time to compute the reflected intensity from a LCOS device for a rear projection TV system. The performance of the LCOS display was characterised by computing the contrast ratio over a ±15° viewing cone. Photolithographically manufactured embedded multimode waveguides made from acrylate Truemode® polymer are characterized by measuring the optical transmission loss of key waveguide components including. straight, bend and crossing. Design rules derived from the experimental measurement were used to optimize optical PCB (OPCB) layout. A most compact and complex optical interconnects layout up-to-date for data centres, including parallel straight waveguide sections, cascaded 90° bends and waveguide crossing other than 90° angles, was designed, tested and used in an optic-electrical demonstration platform to convey a 10.3 Gb/s data. A further new method for reducing the end facet roughness and so the coupling loss, by curing a thin layer of core material at the end of the waveguide facet to cover the roughness fluctuations, was proposed and successfully demonstrated giving the best results reported to date resulting in an improvement of 2.8 dB which was better than the results obtained by using index matching fluid. date: 2014-08-28 vfaculties: VENG oa_status: green full_text_type: other thesis_class: doctoral_open language: eng thesis_view: UCL_Thesis primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_source: Manually entered elements_id: 965630 lyricists_name: Wang, Kai lyricists_id: KWANG71 full_text_status: public pagerange: ? - ? pages: 275 institution: UCL (University College London) department: Electronic and Electrical Engineering thesis_type: Doctoral citation: Wang, K; (2014) Design, measurement and analysis of multimode light guides and waveguides for display systems and optical backplane interconnections. Doctoral thesis , UCL (University College London). Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1435557/1/Wang_Kai_Thesis.pdf