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A fast-reading current integrator is developed for high time-resolution and low-noise ion beam diagnostics under both continuous-wave and pulsed operating conditions. The system combines a low-leakage transimpedance front-end with a hybrid…
We have studied the origin of switching (telegraph) noise at low temperature in lateral quantum structures defined electrostatically in GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures by surface gates. The noise was measured by monitoring the conductance…
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a medical imaging method based on the measurement of concentrations of positron-emitting radionuclides in a living body. In the PET imaging system, glucose is labeled with a positron-emitting…
We present a design for a superconducting, on-chip circulator composed of dynamically modulated transfer switches and delays. Design goals are set for the multiplexed readout of superconducting qubits. Simulations of the device show that it…
Objective: To increase the impedance signal amplitude produced during neural activity using a novel approach of implementing a parallel resistor inductor capacitor (RLC) circuit across the current source used in electrical impedance…
We propose a new method to measure the system noise temperature, $T_{\rm sys}$, using a 2-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The statistics of the digitized signal in a four-level quantization brings us information about the bias…
Current implementations of superconducting qubits are often limited by the low fidelities of multi-qubit gates. We present a reproducible and runtime-efficient pulse-level approach for calibrating an improved cross-resonance gate…
The GRIT (Granularity, Resolution, Identification, Transparency) Silicon array is intended to measure direct reactions. Its design is based on several layers (three layers in the forward direction, two backward) of custom-made trapezoidal…
Optical amplification is critical for optical signal transmission. While the emergence of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers has revolutionized optical communications in fiber-based systems, on-chip amplification remains essential for integrated…
A compact versatile photoacoustic (PA) sensor for trace gas detection is reported. The sensor is based on an integrating sphere as the PA absorption cell with an organ pipe tube attached to increase the sensitivity of the PA sensor. The…
A new generation of radio telescopes is achieving unprecedented levels of sensitivity and resolution, as well as increased agility and field-of-view, by employing high-performance digital signal processing hardware to phase and correlate…
We report on tunable terahertz resonant detection of two 1.55 µm cw-lasers beating by plasma waves in AlGaAs/InGaAs/InP high-electron-mobility transistor. We show that the fundamental plasma resonant frequency and its odd harmonics…
In high-performance RF transceivers the thrust of has been on lower noise LNAs and high-power high-speed PAs. The performance trade-off has forced many solutions to have the LNA and PA on a separate die compared to the rest of baseband.…
A circuit-simulation-based method is used to determine the thermally-induced bit error rate of superconducting logic circuits. Simulations are used to evaluate the multidimensional Gaussian integral across noise current sources attached to…
An earlier study of a high layer-count test board using plated-through-hole (PTH) vias and a limited quantity of laser vias was shown to be capable of supporting 112 Gb/s PAM-4 links (or equivalent signaling having 28 GHz (Nyquist)…
This study introduces an advanced transient stability assessment (TSA) method for power systems, addressing the challenges of sample class imbalance and data noise through a novel CatBoost algorithm framework. By implementing a Gradient…
We report here the characterization (temperature coefficients and noise level) of selected voltage references in the frequency range from 10^(-5) to 10 Hz. The goal of this work is to update previous studies, with a characterization at…
Quantum computing systems and fundamental physics experiments using superconducting technologies frequently require signal amplification chains operating near the quantum limit of added noise. Both Josephson parametric amplifiers (JPAs) and…
The LHAASO (Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory) experiment is proposed for very high energy gamma ray source survey, in which the WCDA (Water Cherenkov Detector Array) is the one of the major components. In the WCDA, a total of 3600…
Miniaturized spectrometers hold great promise for in situ, in vitro, and even in vivo sensing applications. However, their size reduction imposes vital performance constraints in meeting the rigorous demands of spectroscopy, including fine…