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We demonstrated an ultra-broadband, polarization-insensitive and wide-angle metamaterial absorber for terahertz (THz) frequencies using arrays of truncated pyramid unit structure made of metal-dielectric multilayer composite. In our design…

Optics · Physics 2014-06-02 Jianfei Zhu , Zhaofeng Ma , Wujiong Sun , Fei Ding , Qiong He , Lei Zhou , Yungui Ma

The viability of quantum communication schemes rely on sending quantum states of light over long distances. However, transmission loss can degrade the signal strength, adding noise. Heralded noiseless amplification of a quantum signal can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-20 Joseph Ho , Allen Boston , Matthew Palsson , Geoff Pryde

A method to measure the viscosity of liquids at microscales is presented. It uses a thin glass fiber fixed on the tip of the cantilever of an extremely low noise Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), which accurately measures the cantilever…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-11-12 Clemence Devailly , Justine Laurent , Audrey Steinberger , Ludovic Bellon , Sergio Ciliberto

We study the effect of humidity on the charge accumulation of polymer granulates shaken vertically in a stainless steel container. The setup allows to control the humidity level from 5 % to 100 %RH while performing automated charge…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-12-14 André Schella , Stephan Herminghaus , Matthias Schröter

Kinetic inductance parametric amplifiers (KIPAs) have been widely studied for small-signal detection in superconducting quantum circuits. In this work, we demonstrate the modeling of a niobium nitride nanowire based KIPA using…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-10 Likai Yang , Yufeng Wu , Chaofan Wang , Mingrui Xu , Hong X. Tang , Mohamed A. Hassan , Eric T. Holland

A sensitive photoacoustic detection approach employing a silicon cantilever is investigated for power measurement of electromagnetic radiation. The technique which is actuated by pressure waves generated through radiation-induced heat,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-01-07 Sucheta Sharma , Toni Laurila , Jussi Rossi , Juho Uotila , Markku Vainio , Farshid Manoocheri , Erkki Ikonen

We study a conservative system of two nonlinear coupled oscillators. The eigenmodes of the system are thus nonlinearly coupled, and one of them may induce a parametric amplification of the other, called an autoparametric resonance of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-06-01 Johann Maddi , Christophe Coste , Michel Saint Jean

This contribution reports for the first time on fabrication and investigation of wetting properties of structured surfaces containing lamellae with an exceptionally high aspect ratio - height/width ratio demonstrated of 57:1. The lamellar…

The software compensation algorithms developed for the CALICE Analog Hadron Calorimeter are extended to incorporate time information on the cell level, and the performance is studied in GEANT4 simulations with a detector model of a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-08-30 Christian Graf , Frank Simon

Quantum resources can enhance the sensitivity of a device beyond the classical shot noise limit and, as a result, revolutionize the field of metrology through the development of quantum-enhanced sensors. In particular, plasmonic sensors,…

Gas detector are very light instrument used in high energy physics to measure the particle properties: position and momentum. Through high electric field is possible to use the Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) technology to detect the charged…

Presented here are first tests of a Gaseous Photomultiplier based on a cascade of Thick GEM structures intended for gamma-ray position reconstruction in liquid Argon. The detector has a MgF$_2$ window, transparent to VUV light, and a CsI…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-09-02 B. Lopez Paredes , C. D. R. Azevedo , S. Paganis , A. L. M. Silva , N. J. C. Spooner , J. F. C. A. Veloso

We investigate the influence of parametric excitation on MEMS vibration energy harvesters for energy autonomous sensor systems. In Industry 4.0 (or Industrial IoT) applications, interconnected sensors provide a means of data acquisition for…

Polymer-air multilayer (PAM) was developed to decrease the heat loss through window glass panes. A PAM consists of a few polymer films separated from each other by air gaps. Thanks to the excellent optical properties of the polymer films,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-06-01 Rui Kou , Ying Zhong , Qingyang Wang , Jeongmin Kim , Renkun Chen , Yu Qiao

An extended version of the CALICE silicon-tungsten ECAL was tested in November 2021 at the DESY beam test facility. With 15 active layers, it featured some with a thin PCB design, and a new compact DAQ system handling all layers in a common…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-04-28 Vincent Boudry

We present a new type of calorimeter in which we couple an unknown heat capacity with the aid of Peltier elements to an electrical circuit. The use of an electrical inductance and an amplifier in the circuit allows us to achieve autonomous…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-28 Olaf Bossen , Andreas Schilling

We report a high performance relative humidity (RH) microsensor by coating a few-layer graphene oxide (GO) flake over a photonic crystal (PC) cavity. Since the GO layer has a high water-activity and interacts with the evanescent cavity mode…

Although extensively presented as one of the most promising silicon-based micromachined sensor adapted to real-time measurements in liquid media, the cantilevered structure still suffers from its quality factor (Q) dramatic dependence on…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-06-22 Cédric Ayela , Liviu Nicu

Power amplifier is becoming a critical component for integrated photonics as the integrated devices try to carve out a niche in the world of real-world applications of photonics. That is because the signal generated from an integrated…

The 30 and 44 GHz Back End Modules (BEM) for the Planck Low Frequency Instrument are broadband receivers (20% relative bandwidth) working at room temperature. The signals coming from the Front End Module are amplified, band pass filtered…