University of Ulm INVESTIGATIONS INTO MATRIX-ADDRESSABLE VCSEL ARRAYS

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University of Ulm
INVESTIGATIONS INTO
MATRIX-ADDRESSABLE
VCSEL ARRAYS
Master Thesis
by
Shamsul Ara(cid:2)n
Faculty of Engineering Science
Institute of Optoelectronics

INVESTIGATIONS INTO
MATRIX-ADDRESSABLE
VCSEL ARRAYS
Master Thesis
Submitted by
Shamsul Ara(cid:2)n
Matriculation No. 611852
Communication Technology
March, 2008
Presented to
Institute of Optoelectronics
Examiner: Prof. Dr. -Ing. K.J. Ebeling
Supervisor: M.Sc. Abdel-Satter Gadallah

I hereby declare that I have completed this work independently and using only the aids
included. Any passages that have been extracted or cited from other sources have been
referencedappropriately.
Ulm,March31,2008.
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(ShamsulAra(cid:2)n)

This work is dedicated to-
my loving parents and my youngest sister.
Their love and sel(cid:3)ess support made this work possible.

Acknowledgements
First, all praise to God, the most Gracious and most Merciful, whose help and guidance
iseverdominatingthroughoutmylife.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Abdel Satter Gadallah, M.Sc., for being
my advisor. Throughout this work I got the invaluable support, perfect guidance, useful
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suggestions,magni(cid:2)centcooperation,continuoussupport,e ectiveadvice,propersuper-
vision and consistent encouragement from him. I am really grateful to him for his great
assistanceduringthethesisperiod.
I was fortunate to be supervised by Dr.-Ing Rainer Michalzik with his gentle guidance,
strongencouragementandgreatmotivation.
IamdeeplyindebtedtoProf. Dr.-Ing. K.J.Ebelinggrantingmetheopportunitytodomy
M.Sc. thesisinhisdepartment.
Ispeciallythankherwhosecontributioninthisworkwasunforgettableandwhosehelping
attitude was admirable, whose guidance was very spontaneous. She is none but Dipl.-
Ing.AndreaKroner.
IwouldliketoconveymyheartfeltthankstoDipl.-Ing.HendrikRoscher,Dipl.-Ing.Ihab
Kardosh, Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Schwarz, Sussane Menzel and all other members of the
OptoelectronicsDepartmentfortheircontinuoussupportduringthethesisperiod.
I am also grateful to Dr. Katrin Reimer and Prof.Dr.-Ing.Hermann Schumacher for orga-
nizingthenecessary(cid:2)nancialsupportduringthesesixmonths.
I would also like to remember his name whose presence made me active and jubilant
duringthethesisperiod. Heismycolleagueandfriend,Ahmed-AlSamaneh.
Finally,Iappreciatemyfamily'ssupportandloveinthetwoyears'M.Sc. program.
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