Huntington Dissertation
The complete text of my doctoral dissertation is provided in Microsoft Word
format below. (You will likely have difficulty reading the text of the
Mathematica programs in the appendices if you don't have the application-
specific fonts loaded on your computer. I, myself, just noticed that I
couldn't read them on this laptop.) The work is copyrighted, and no part of
it may be reproduced without crediting the author (me!). (Also, please note
that some rights legally belong to the dissertation filing service used by the
University to convert manuscripts to microfiche... As I was offered no choice
in the matter -- agreement to publication through that service being a
requirement to get my degree -- and as I am far too small a fish to fry, you
are encouraged to take what you like, so long as I am credited. However, for
those of you interested in the legal details, you can find out more by
consulting the on-line documents about filing dissertations published by the
graduate division at UCSB.)
The Front Matter is mainly the title page.
(25 kB)
The Roman Numerals contain a table of
contents and some acknowledgements.(69 kB)
Chapter I is the introductory chapter. (405 kB)
Chapter II concerns the development of active
regions for work at 1310 and 1550 nm in the AlGaInAs material system. (1.94 MB)
Chapter III is about my work on a
multiple-active-region VCSEL at 1550 nm. (4.24 MB)
Chapter IV is an account of my work on SACM
APDs. (2.95 MB)
Chapter V concerns preliminary efforts to
integrate the MAR VCSEL with a SACM APD. (2.40 MB)
Chapter VI is the obligatory "future
perspectives" drivel. (183 kB)
Chapter VII is a set of appendices, including
such useful information as what material properties I used in my simulations
and a VERY NICE set of review material for the preliminary exams covering
quantum mechanics and solid state physics. Note that the Mathematica code
early in these appendices will NOT look good... best to skip past that and
enjoy the snazzy review problems! (1.44 MB)
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