Browsing by Keywords "instrumentation"
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Asymmetric light propagation in chirped photonic crystal waveguides
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2012)We report numerical and experimental investigations of asymmetric light propagation in a newly designed photonic structure that is formed by creating a chirped photonic crystal (PC) waveguide. The use of a non-symmetric ... -
Compact wavelength de-multiplexer design using slow light regime of photonic crystal waveguides
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2011)We demonstrate the operation of a compact wavelength demultiplexer using cascaded single-mode photonic crystal waveguides utilizing the slow light regime. By altering the dielectric filling factors of each waveguide segment, ... -
Continuously tunable terahertz metamaterial employing magnetically actuated cantilevers
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2011)Terahertz metamaterial structures that employ flexing microelectromechanical cantilevers for tuning the resonance frequency of an electric split-ring resonator are presented. The tuning cantilevers are coated with a magnetic ... -
Leg motion classification with artificial neural networks using wavelet-based features of gyroscope signals
(2011)We extract the informative features of gyroscope signals using the discrete wavelet transform (DWT) decomposition and provide them as input to multi-layer feed-forward artificial neural networks (ANNs) for leg motion ... -
Optimization and tunability of deep subwavelength resonators for metamaterial applications: complete enhanced transmission through a subwavelength aperture
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2009)In the present work, we studied particle candidates for metamaterial applications, especially in terms of their electrical size and resonance strength. The analyzed particles can be easily produced via planar fabrication ... -
Parametric power spectral density analysis of noise from instrumentation in MALDI TOF mass spectrometry
(2007)Noise in mass spectrometry can interfere with identification of the biochemical substances in the sample. For example, the electric motors and circuits inside the mass spectrometer or in nearby equipment generate random ... -
Photovoltaic nanocrystal scintillators hybridized on Si solar cells for enhanced conversion efficiency in UV
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2008)We propose and demonstrate semiconductor nanocrystal based photovoltaic scintillators integrated on solar cells to enhance photovoltaic device parameters including spectral responsivity, open circuit voltage, short circuit ... -
Plasmonic band gap structures for surface-enhanced Raman scattering
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2008)Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) of rhodamine 6G (R6G) adsorbed on biharmonic metallic grating structures was studied. Biharmonic metallic gratings include two different grating components, one acting as a coupler ... -
Silicon-Germanium multi-quantum well photodetectors in the near infrared
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2012)Single crystal Silicon-Germanium multi-quantum well layers were epitaxially grown on silicon substrates. Very high quality films were achieved with high level of control utilizing recently developed MHAH epitaxial technique. ... -
Surface wave splitter based on metallic gratings with sub-wavelength aperture
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2008)We investigated the splitting of surface electromagnetic waves trapped at the output surface of a one-dimensional metallic grating structure. The output gratings of the structure asymmetrically such that the output surfaces ... -
Transmission enhancement through deep subwavelength apertures using connected split ring resonators
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2010)We report astonishingly high transmission enhancement factors through a subwavelength aperture at microwave frequencies by placing connected split ring resonators in the vicinity of the aperture. We carried out numerical ... -
Triangular metallic gratings for large absorption enhancement in thin film Si solar cells
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2012)We estimate high optical absorption in silicon thin film photovoltaic devices using triangular corrugations on the back metallic contact. We computationally show 21.9% overall absorptivity in a 100-nmthick silicon layer, ... -
Unidirectional transmission in non-symmetric gratings containing metallic layers
(Optical Society of American (OSA), 2009)The mechanism of achieving unidirectional transmission in the gratings, which only contain isotropic dielectric and metallic layers, is suggested and numerically validated. It is shown that significant transmission in one ...
