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Letter of Transmittal

A letter of transmittal is addressed to the primary recipient of the report. It contains the report title, project number, and distribution list.

Example:

Professor Harry T. Towler                          May 20, 2004
Electrical Engineering Department
WPI
Worcester, MA 01609



Dear Professor Towler:



       Attached is one copy of the Major Qualifying report: Analysis

of a Gallium Arsenide-Laser Diode, Project Number FCJ 2320.



                                    Sincerely,
                                    

                                    Steven T. Kelley

Distribution:

Professor William B. Hines: 1 copy

Preface

The preface explains the purpose and scope of the report (not the project) and its relations to other reports in the same program. It states to whom it is addressed and how it can be used. It may also include the acknowledgments.

Acknowledgments

Names of each person and organization that has contributed to the work appear in the Acknowledgments. Sometimes the nature of the contribution is described. (For example, permission for the use of equipment, facilities and documents.)

Table of Contents

This table lists in sequence the name of each heading or subheading and the corresponding page number. The names should be a clear indication of the contents of the section. Do not use nondescriptive titles like Method (note the often used word Methodology is normally incorrect), Procedures, etc.

Use the decimal numbering system.

Example: from "Analysis of a Gallium Arsenide Laser Diode"

TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                               Page

List of Illustrations                           iv

List of Tables                                   v

1. INTRODUCTION                                  1

2. LASERS                                        3

   2.1 Interactions of Electrons and Photons     4

   2.2 Transition Probabilities                  6

      2.2.1 Theory                               7

      2.2.2 Calculations                        12

3. THE SEMICONDUCTOR LASER                      20

   3.1 Preliminary Investigations               22

   3.2 Theory of P-N Junction Lasers            25

   3.3 Initial Observations                     32

4. INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS                   31

   4.1 Experimental Apparatus                   37

   4.2 Threshold Relations                      41

   4.3 Spatial Distribution                     45

   4.4 Spectral Distribution                    50

   4.5 Efficiency                               55

5. EVALUATION                                   60

   5.1 Theoretical Model                        62

   5.2 Experimental Results                     65

6. RECOMMENDATION AND FUTURE WORK               70

   APPENDICES

   Al CALCULATIONS OF TRANSITION PROBABILITIES  75

   A2 PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS                77

   REFERENCES                                   79

   BIBLIOGRAPHY                                 80

List of Illustrations and List of Tables

These tables list In sequence all Figures and Tables with their captions and page numbers.

Use the decimal system and number all items in a chapter consecutively.

Examples:

List of Illustrations


   Fig. 2.1 Interaction of photons and electrons             5

   Fig. 3.1 Band structure of direct band-gap material      26

   Fig. 3.2 Energy diagram of pn-junction with zero         27
            applied voltage

   Fig. 3.3 Energy diagram of pn-junction with              29
            forward applied voltage

   Fig. 4.1 Y-I characteristic                              38

   Fig. 4.2 Experimental apparatus                          40

   Fig. 4.3 Threshold current vs. temperature               43

Abstract

The Abstract is one of the most important parts of the report. It is a very brief but clear description of what the report is all about, summarizing the work done and the results (Informative Abstract). It should not exceed 80 words, and may also be used as the project description in the transcript. (Note that the recommended length of the abstract differs from the suggestions in the PIMELL Module on "Report Writing." Consult your advisor about the preferred form.)

Example:

The theory of a GaAs laser is discussed. Various experiments were carried out which show that the simple energy band model is sufficrient to explain the threshold conditions, spectral and spatial distribution of the radiation in a first approximation.