Undergraduate and Graduate Course Material

Research Interests

Research Programs

Collaborative research programs with National Research Council Institute for Information Technology (NRC-ITT) , Northern Telecom Technology (Nortel Technology), Motorola

Publications (1998-2005)

"Optical Switching in InGaAsP Waveguides Using Localized Index Gradients",

S. Abdalla, P. Barrios, A. Delage, I Golub, S. Janz, R. McKinnon, P.Poole, D. Celo, S. El-Mougy, S. Ng. T. Smy, B. Syrett, JVSTc, 2004.

"Carrier-Injection Based Digital Optical Switch with Reconfigurable Output Waveguide Arms",

S. Abdalla, S. Ng, P. Barrios, D. Celo, A. Delage, S. El-Mougy, I. Golub, J. J. He, S. Janz, R. McKinnon, P. Poole, S. Raymond, T. Smy, B. Syrett, I.E.E.E. Photonics Technology Letters, Vol.16, pp1038-1040, April 2004.

"Simple and Accurate Technique for Extracting the Parasitic Resistance of the Dual-Gate GaAs MESFET",

M. Ibrahim, B. Syrett, and J. Bennett, I.E.E.E. Microwave and Wireless Component Letters, Vol. 12, No. 8, pp 284-286, August 2002.

"1x16 Amplifier Array and Hybrid Integration with an 8x8 p-i-n Photodiode Array for Parallel Optical Inmtreconnects",

R.P. MacDonald, S.A. Boothroyd, P. Myslinski, R. Misner, B.A. Syrett, and T. Kurokawa, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp 11-15, January 5, 2001

"A Comprehensive Design Method for Dual-Gate MOSFET Mixers",

A.J. Bergsma and B.A. Syrett, I.E.E.E. Trans. Circuits and Systems II, Vol. 47, No. 12, pp 1443-1451, December, 2000

"MSM Photodetector Fabricated on Polycrystalline Silicon",

R.P. MacDonald, N.G. Tarr. B.A. Syrett, A. Boothroyd, J. Chrostowski, I.E.E.E. Photonics Technology Letters, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp 108-110, January , 1999

Conference Papers (1998-2005)

"Improved Digital Optical Switching Using Carrier Injection Induced Reconfigurable Wabeguides",

S.Ng, S. Abdalla, B. Syrett, P. Barrios, A. Delage, I Golub, J.J. He, S. Janz, W.R. Mckinnon, P.Poole, 2004 Integrated Photoincs Reserach Topical Meeting , San Fransisco, California, July 1 2004 Paper IThE6

"A New Small-Sigmnal Model of the Dual-Gate GaAs MESFET",

M. Ibrahim, B.A. Syrett, J. Bennett, Proc. 15th I.E.E.E. Conf. on Microelectronics (ICM2003)c, Cairo, Egypt, Dec 9-11, 2003 pp 260-263.

"Optical Switching in InGaAsP Waveguides USing Localized Index Gradients"'

S. Abdalla, P.Barrios, A. Delage, I. Golub, S. Janz, R. McKinnon, P. Poole, D. Celo, S. El-Mougy, S. Ng, T. Smy, B. Syrett, Proc. 11th Canadian Semiconductor technology Conf., 2003.

"InGaAsP Digital Optical Switch on InP"

P. Barrios, P. Poole, M. Buchanan, P. Chow-Chong, I. Golub, C. Lacelle, B. Syrett, S. Abdalla, S. El-Mougy, Photonics North, Quebec City, Canada, June 2-6, 2002.

" A New Analytical Small-Signal Model of the Dual-Gate GaAs MESFET",

M. Ibrahim, B. Syrett, and J. Bennett, 2001 I.E.E.E. MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, Phoenix, USA, pp 1277-1280, May 2001.

"Modelling of Current Lag Effects in GaAs ICs" ,

W.R. Curtice, J.H. Bennett, D. Suda, B. Syrett, 1998 I.E.E.E. MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, Baltimore, USA, pp 603-606, June 7-12, 1998

Graduated Theses Supervised and Co-Supervised (1990-2005)

Nguyen van Hoang, "Linearization Studies for Radio Frequency Power Amplifiers in SiGe Technology for Wireless Infarstructiure Applications"

M.A.Sc., January 2004.

S. El-Mougy, " Experimantal Study of a Novel Digital Optical Switch"

M.A.Sc., May 2003.

M. Ibrahim, "Modelling of the Dual-Gate MESFET"

Ph.D. March 2003 (employed by Egyptian Military College)

R. McDonald, "Components for a Low-Cost Integrated Silicon Optical Receiver"

Ph.D., January 2002. ( employed by Nortel Networks)

A.J. Bergsma, "A Comprehensive Design Method for Dual Gate MOSFET Mixers"

M.Eng., May 1998 ( employed by Nortel Wireless)

M. Julien, "Bipolar Transistor Modelling from A Power Amplifier Designer's Perspective"

M.Eng., April 1997 ( employed by Nortel Wireless)

C. Reimer ,"Inter-Die Optical Interconnect Using Micromachined Holographic Lens Plates"

M.Eng., October 1996.

M. Frechette, "LNA and Mixer Design Study for 900MHz Receiver Applications"

M.Eng. Thesis, 1996 ( employed by Texas Instruments, Dallas)

J. Nisbet, "Ultralinear Wideband Integrated Circuit Design"

M.Eng. Thesis, 1993 ( employed by Nortel, Ottawa)

G.P.Cheney, "All-Optical Gain Switching of Erbium-Doped Fibre Amplifiers"

M.Eng. Thesis, 1992 ( employed by Computing Devices of Canada, Ottawa)

T. Varelas, "A Monolithic BiCMOS Power Amplifier for Low-Power Digital Radio Transmitter"

M.Eng. Thesis, 1992 ( employed by Nortel, Ottawa)

N. Peereboom, "Optical Two-Wave Mixing in Iron-Doped Indium Phosphide"

M.Eng. Thesis, 1992 ( employed by Canadian Astronautics Limited, Ottawa)

K.L. Pang, "Characterization and Modelling of Connectors for High-Speed Signals"

M.Eng. Thesis, 1991 ( employed by Nortel, Ottawa)

H. Do Ky, "Fabrication and Characterization of Microwave Thin-Film MIM Capacitors"

M.Eng. Thesis, 1991 ( employed by Communications Research Centre, Ottawa)

G. Rabjohn, "Monolithic Microwave Transformers"

M.Eng. Thesis, 1991 ( employed by Nortel, Ottawa)

L. Chan, "Optical Interconnections using Computer-Generated Holographic Optical Elements"

M.Eng. Thesis, 1991 ( employed by Canarie, Ottawa)

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