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Tailoring the interaction between light and sound has opened new possibilities in photonic integrated circuits (PICs) that ranges from achieving quantum control of light to high-speed information processing. However, the actuation of sound…

Renewed interest has been witnessed in utilizing the piezoelectric response of $PbZr_{0.52}Ti_{0.48}O_{3}$ (PZT) films on glass substrates for applications such as data storage and adaptive optics. Accordingly, new methodologies are being…

Resonators based on two-dimensional (2D) materials have exceptional properties for application as nanomechanical sensors, which allows them to operate at high frequencies with high sensitivity. However, their performance as nanomechanical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-21 M. P. F. Wopereis , N. Bouman , S. Dutta , P. G. Steeneken , F. Alijani , G. J. Verbiest

Three-dimensional (3D) nano-printing via two-photon polymerization offers unparalleled design flexibility and precision, thereby enabling rapid prototyping of advanced micro-optical elements and systems, including hybrid achromats,…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-25 Florian Lux , Aybuke Calikoglu , Çağlar Ataman

Reflective imaging systems form an important part of photonic devices such as spectrometers, telescopes, augmented and virtual reality headsets or lithography platforms. Reflective optics provide unparalleled spectral performance and can be…

Four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy (4D-STEM) is a powerful tool that allows for the simultaneous acquisition of spatial and diffraction information, driven by recent advancements in direct electron detector…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-10-23 Ujjval Bansal , Amit Sharma , Barbara Putz , Christoph Kirchlechner , Subin Lee

A new linked mirror device for magnetic confinement experiment is proposed. The new linked mirror device consists of two straight magnetic mirrors connected by two half-torus. The structure of the configuration as a whole is three…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-09-01 Zhichen Feng , Guodong Yu , Peiyou Jiang , GuoYong Fu

Multiphoton microscopy (MPM) has gained enormous popularity over the years for its capacity to provide high resolution images from deep within scattering samples1. However, MPM is generally based on single-point laser-focus scanning, which…

Optics · Physics 2018-12-14 Devin R. Beaulieu , Ian G. Davison , Thomas G. Bifano , Jerome Mertz

We developed a scan mirror mechanism (SMM) that enable a slit-based spectrometer or spectropolarimeter to precisely and quickly map an astronomical object. The SMM, designed to be installed in the optical path preceding the entrance slit,…

Sensors and actuators based on resonant micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), such as scanning micro mirrors, are well-established in automotive and consumer products. As the areas of application broaden, the requirements for the MEMS…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-02-07 Ulrike Nabholz , Florian Stockmar , Jan E. Mehner , Peter Degenfeld-Schonburg

Microsphere-assisted imaging emerged as a surprisingly simple way of achieving optical super-resolution imaging. In this work, we use movable PDMS thin films with embedded high-index barium titanate glass microspheres a sample scanning…

Metallic mesh is a transparent electromagnetic shielding film with a fine metal line structure. However, it can develop defects that affect the optoelectronic performance whether in the production preparation or in actual use. The…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-14 Zhengang Lu , Hongsheng Qin , Jing Li , Ming Sun , Jiubin Tan

Micro/nano electro-mechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) are constantly attracting an increasing attention for their relevant technological applications in fields ranging from biology, medicine, ecology, energy to industry. Most of the…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-03-10 Omar Tricinci , Marco Carlotti , Andrea Desii , Fabian Meder , Virgilio Mattoli

We demonstrate the integration of micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS) scanning mirrors as active elements for the local optical pumping of ultra-cold atoms in a magneto-optical trap. A pair of MEMS mirrors steer a focused resonant beam…

This study presents a practical and dose-efficient strategy for resolution enhancement in planar radiography, based on mechanically supersampled acquisition with high-Z photon-counting detectors (PCDs). Unlike prior event-based or cluster…

We introduce our new program to develop two-dimensional MEMS arrays of individually addressable micro-mirrors (''Micro-Mirror Devices'', MMDs) specifically optimized for astronomy, multi-slit spectroscopy in particular. After reviewing the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-27 Massimo Robberto , Cuiling Gong , Jim Huffman , Zoran Ninkov , Ivan Puchades , Mario Gennaro , Susan A. Kassin , Steven A. Smee

In this paper, a wideband and low-scattering metasurface in terahertz (THz) is introduced. The proposed coding metasurface is composed of four different graphene square patches in one layer, which has a distinct bias voltage. By optimizing…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-01-28 Kasra Rouhi , Ali Abdolali , Susan Fallah

Lead Zirconate Titanate [(ZrxTi1-x)O3 ]is used to make ultrasound transducers, sensors, and actuators due to its large piezoelectric coefficient. Several surfaces and subsurface micro defects develop within the Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT)…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-08-24 Sayantani Bhattacharya , Nitin Yadav , Azeem Ahmad , Frank Melandsø , Anowarul Habib

Dielectric tensor tomography is an imaging technique for mapping three-dimensional distributions of dielectric properties in transparent materials. This work introduces an enhanced illumination strategy employing a micro-electromechanical…

Terahertz imaging holds great potential for non-destructive material inspection, but practical implementation has been limited by resolution constraints. In this study, we present a single-pixel THz imaging system based on a confocal…