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Nonlinear optical properties of polycrystalline silicon core fibers from Telecom wavelengths into the mid-infrared spectral region

Polycrystalline silicon core fibers (SCFs) fabricated via the molten core drawing (MCD) method are emerging as a flexible optoelectronic platform. Here, the optical transmission properties of MCD SCFs that have been tapered down to a few…

Optics · Physics 2019-02-14 Haonan Ren , Li Shen , Dong Wu , Ozan Aktas , Thomas Hawkins , John Ballato , Ursula Gibson , Anna Peacock

Low-loss silicon core fibre platform for broadband nonlinear photonics in the mid-infrared

Broadband mid-infrared light sources are highly desired for wide-ranging applications that span free-space communications to spectroscopy. In recent years, silicon has attracted great interest as a platform for nonlinear optical wavelength…

Optics · Physics 2019-03-20 H. Ren , L. Shen , A. F. J. Runge , T. W. Hawkins , J. Ballato , U. Gibson , A. C. Peacock

Construction and On-site Performance of the LHAASO WFCTA Camera

The focal plane camera is the core component of the Wide Field-of-view Cherenkov/fluorescence Telescope Array (WFCTA) of the Large High-Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO). Because of the capability of working under moonlight without…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-08-09 F. Aharonian , Q. An , Axikegu , L. X. Bai , Y. X. Bai , Y. W. Bao , D. Bastieri , X. J. Bi , Y. J. Bi , H. Cai , J. T. Cai , Z. Cao , Z. Cao , J. Chang , J. F. Chang , X. C. Chang , B. M. Chen , J. Chen , L. Chen , L. Chen , L. Chen , M. J. Chen , M. L. Chen , Q. H. Chen , S. H. Chen , S. Z. Chen , T. L. Chen , X. L. Chen , Y. Chen , N. Cheng , Y. D. Cheng , S. W. Cui , X. H. Cui , Y. D. Cui , B. Z. Dai , H. L. Dai , Z. G. Dai , Danzengluobu , D. della Volpe , B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli , X. J. Dong , J. H. Fan , Y. Z. Fan , Z. X. Fan , J. Fang , K. Fang , C. F. Feng , L. Feng , S. H. Feng , Y. L. Feng , B. Gao , C. D. Gao , Q. Gao , W. Gao , M. M. Ge , L. S. Geng , G. H. Gong , Q. B. Gou , M. H. Gu , J. G. Guo , X. L. Guo , Y. Q. Guo , Y. Y. Guo , Y. A. Han , H. H. He , H. N. He , J. C. He , S. L. He , X. B. He , Y. He , M. Heller , Y. K. Hor , C. Hou , X. Hou , H. B. Hu , S. Hu , S. C. Hu , X. J. Hu , D. H. Huang , Q. L. Huang , W. H. Huang , X. T. Huang , Z. C. Huang , F. Ji , X. L. Ji , H. Y. Jia , K. Jiang , Z. J. Jiang , C. Jin , D. Kuleshov , K. Levochkin , B. B. Li , C. Li , C. Li , F. Li , H. B. Li , H. C. Li , H. Y. Li , J. Li , K. Li , W. L. Li , X. Li , X. Li , X. R. Li , Y. Li , Y. Z. Li , Z. Li , Z. Li , E. W. Liang , Y. F. Liang , S. J. Lin , B. Liu , C. Liu , D. Liu , H. Liu , H. D. Liu , J. Liu , J. L. Liu , J. S. Liu , J. Y. Liu , M. Y. Liu , R. Y. Liu , S. M. Liu , W. Liu , Y. N. Liu , Z. X. Liu , W. J. Long , R. Lu , H. K. Lv , B. Q. Ma , L. L. Ma , X. H. Ma , J. R. Mao , A. Masood , W. Mitthumsiri , T. Montaruli , Y. C. Nan , B. Y. Pang , P. Pattarakijwanich , Z. Y. Pei , M. Y. Qi , D. Ruffolo , V. Rulev , A. Sáiz , L. Shao , O. Shchegolev , X. D. Sheng , J. R. Shi , H. C. Song , Yu. V. Stenkin , V. Stepanov , Q. N. Sun , X. N. Sun , Z. B. Sun , P. H. T. Tam , Z. B. Tang , W. W. Tian , B. D. Wang , C. Wang , H. Wang , H. G. Wang , J. C. Wang , J. S. Wang , L. P. Wang , L. Y. Wang , R. N. Wang , W. Wang , W. Wang , X. G. Wang , X. J. Wang , X. Y. Wang , Y. D. Wang , Y. J. Wang , Y. P. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. H. Wang , Z. X. Wang , D. M. Wei , J. J. Wei , Y. J. Wei , T. Wen , C. Y. Wu , H. R. Wu , S. Wu , W. X. Wu , X. F. Wu , S. Q. Xi , J. Xia , J. J. Xia , G. M. Xiang , G. Xiao , H. B. Xiao , G. G. Xin , Y. L. Xin , Y. Xing , D. L. Xu , R. X. Xu , L. Xue , D. H. Yan , C. W. Yang , F. F. Yang , J. Y. Yang , L. L. Yang , M. J. Yang , R. Z. Yang , S. B. Yang , Y. H. Yao , Z. G. Yao , Y. M. Ye , L. Q. Yin , N. Yin , X. H. You , Z. Y. You , Y. H. Yu , Q. Yuan , H. D. Zeng , T. X. Zeng , W. Zeng , Z. K. Zeng , M. Zha , X. X. Zhai , B. B. Zhang , H. M. Zhang , H. Y. Zhang , J. L. Zhang , J. W. Zhang , L. Zhang , L. Zhang , L. X. Zhang , P. F. Zhang , P. P. Zhang , R. Zhang , S. R. Zhang , S. S. Zhang , X. Zhang , X. P. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. F. Zhang , Y. L. Zhang , B. Zhao , J. Zhao , L. Zhao , L. Z. Zhao , S. P. Zhao , F. Zheng , Y. Zheng , B. Zhou , H. Zhou , J. N. Zhou , P. Zhou , R. Zhou , X. X. Zhou , C. G. Zhu , F. R. Zhu , H. Zhu , K. J. Zhu , X. Zuo

Ultra-compact low-loss broadband waveguide taper in silicon-on-insulator

A novel design of large bandwidth, fabrication tolerant, CMOS-compatible compact tapers (15 um) have been proposed and experimentally demonstrated in silicon-on-insulator. The proposed taper along with linear grating couplers for spot-size…

Optics · Physics 2017-11-28 Purnima Sethi , Anubhab Haldar , Shankar Selvaraja

Beam Test Characterization of Silicon Microstrip Detector Flight-Model Ladders for the AMS-02 Upgrade

The AMS-02 experiment plans to install a new silicon microstrip tracker layer (Layer-0) on top of the existing detector, increasing the cosmic-ray acceptance by a factor of 3. Layer-0 employs a design in which multiple silicon microstrip…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-27 Dexing Miao , Giovanni Ambrosi , Mattia Barbanera , Baasansuren Batsukh , Hengyi Cai , Mengke Cai , Xudong Cai , Yuman Cai , Yuan-Hann Chang , Shanzhen Chen , Hsin-Yi Chou , Xingzhu Cui , Mingyi Dong , Matteo Duranti , Ke Gong , Mingjie Feng , Valerio Formato , Yisheng Fu , Daojin Hong , Maria Ionica , Xiaojie Jiang , Yaozu Jiang , Liangchenglong Jin , Shengjie Jin , Vladimir Koutsenko , Qinze Li , Tiange Li , Zuhao Li , Chih-Hsun Lin , Changcheng Liu , Cong Liu , Hanbing Liu , Pingcheng Liu , Alberto Oliva , Ji Peng , Wenxi Peng , Rui Qiao , Shuqi Sheng , Tianyu Shi , Gianluigi Silvestre , Zetong Sun , Congcong Wang , Feng Wang , Hongbo Wang , Zhijie Wang , Zibing Wu , Zhiyu Xiang , Suyu Xiao , Weiwei Xu , Zixuan Yan , Haotian Yang , Sheng Yang , Yuhang You , Xuhao Yuan , Yuan Yuan , Fengze Zhang , Xiyuan Zhang , Zijun Xu , Jianchun Wang

280 GHz Focal Plane Unit Design and Characterization for the SPIDER-2 Suborbital Polarimeter

We describe the construction and characterization of the 280 GHz bolometric focal plane units (FPUs) to be deployed on the second flight of the balloon-borne SPIDER instrument. These FPUs are vital to SPIDER's primary science goal of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-22 A. S. Bergman , P. A. R. Ade , S. Akers , M. Amiri , J. A. Austermann , J. A. Beall , D. T. Becker , S. J. Benton , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , R. S Domagalski , O. Doré , S. M. Duff , A. J. Duivenvoorden , H. K. Eriksen , M. Farhang , J. P. Filippini , L. M. Fissel , A. A. Fraisse , K. Freese , M. Galloway , A. E. Gambrel , N. N. Gandilo , K. Ganga , A. Grigorian , R. Gualtieri , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , J. Hartley , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , Z. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , A. Khan , C. L. Kuo , Z. D. Kermish , S. Li , P. V. Mason , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , J. M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , M. Nolta , B. Osherson , I. L. Padilla , B. Racine , A. S. Rahlin , S. Redmond , C. Reintsema , L. J. Romualdez , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , T. M. Ruud , J. A. Shariff , E. C. Shaw , C. Shiu , J. D. Soler , X. Song , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , J. Ullom , J. F. van der List , J. Van Lanen , M. R. Vissers , A. C. Weber , I. K. Wehus , S. Wen , D. V. Wiebe , E. Y. Young

Highly Uniform Thermally Undercut Silicon Photonic Devices in a 300 mm CMOS Foundry Process

Silicon photonic devices fundamental to high-density wavelength-division multiplexed (DWDM) optical links and photonic switching networks, such as resonant modulators and Mach-Zehnder interferometers (MZIs), are highly sensitive to…

Optics · Physics 2025-06-10 Robert Parsons , Kaylx Jang , Yuyang Wang , Asher Novick , A. Matthew Smith , Christopher C. Tison , Yonas Gebregiorgis , Venkatesh Deenadayalan , Matthew van Niekerk , Lewis Carpenter , Tat Ngai , Gerald Leake , Daniel Coleman , Xiang Meng , Stefan Preble , Michael L. Fanto , Keren Bergman , Anthony Rizzo

Wideband on-chip terahertz spectrometer based on a superconducting filterbank

Terahertz spectrometers with a wide instantaneous frequency coverage for passive remote sensing are enormously attractive for many terahertz applications, such as astronomy, atmospheric science and security. Here we demonstrate a wide-band…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-25 Akira Endo , Kenichi Karatsu , Alejandro Pascual Laguna , Behnam Mirzaei , Robert Huiting , David J. Thoen , Vignesh Murugesan , Stephen J. C. Yates , Juan Bueno , Nuri van Marrewijk , Sjoerd Bosma , Ozan Yurduseven , Nuria Llombart , Junya Suzuki , Masato Naruse , Pieter J. de Visser , Paul P. van der Werf , Teun M. Klapwijk , Jochem J. A. Baselmans

A Photonics-based superheterodyne RF reception approach

A novel photonics-based RF reception approach is proposed as a competitive solution to meet the current challenges of photonic-based approaches and to realize high performances at the same time. The proposed approach adopts the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-08-16 Guangyu Gao , Qijun Liang , Ziyu Liu , Huanfa Peng , Qiang Zhao , Naijin Liu

A Direct- Conversion Digital Beamforming Array Receiver with 800 MHz Channel Bandwidth at 28 GHz using Xilinx RF SoC

This paper discusses early results associated with a fully-digital direct-conversion array receiver at 28~GHz. The proposed receiver makes use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) electronics, including the receiver chain. The design consists…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-24 Sravan Pulipati , Viduneth Ariyarathna , Udara De Silva , Najath Akram , Elias Alwan , Arjuna Madanayake , Soumyajit Mandal , Theodore S. Rappaport

Implementation and Evaluation of SiPM-Based Photon Counting Receiver for IoT Applications

Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) are photon-counting detectors with great potential to improve the sensitivity of optical receivers. Recent studies of SiPMs in communication focus on the speed rather than the power consumption of the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-05 Yangchun Li , Danial Chitnis

Customisable X-ray fluorescence photodetector with submicron sensitivity using a ring array of silicon p-i-n diodes

The research and development of silicon-based X-ray fluorescence detectors achieved its submicron sensitivity. Its initial use is intended for in-situ beam monitoring at advanced light-source facilities. The effectively functioning…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-11-13 Phil S. Yoon

SuperCam, a 64-pixel heterodyne imaging array for the 870 micron atmospheric window

We report on the development of SuperCam, a 64 pixel, superheterodyne camera designed for operation in the astrophysically important 870 micron atmospheric window. SuperCam will be used to answer fundamental questions about the physics and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Christopher Groppi , Christopher Walker , Craig Kulesa , Patrick Puetz , Dathon Golish , Paul Gensheimer , Abigail Hedden , Shane Bussmann , Sander Weinreb , Thomas Kuiper , Jacob Kooi , Glenn Jones , Joseph Bardin , Hamdi Mani , Arthur Lichtenberger , Gopal Narayanan

Superefficient microcombs at the wafer level

Photonic integrated circuits utilize planar waveguides to process light on a chip, encompassing functions like generation, routing, modulation, and detection. Similar to the advancements in the electronics industry, photonics research is…

Optics · Physics 2023-09-06 Marcello Girardi , Óskar B. Helgason , Carmen H. López Ortega , Israel Rebolledo-Salgado , Victor Torres-Company

Perfectly vertical silicon metamaterial grating couplers with large segmentation periods up to 650 nm

Perfectly vertical grating couplers leveraging metamaterials can achieve both high coupling efficiency and minimal back reflection. The fabricability of these designs, with segmentations in both the longitudinal and transverse dimensions,…

Optics · Physics 2024-11-04 Jianhao Zhang , Daniele Melati , Yuri Grinberg , Martin Vachon , Shurui Wang , Muhammad Al-Digeil , Siegfried Janz , Jens H. Schmid , Pavel Cheben , Dan-Xia Xu

Effective-medium-cladded dielectric waveguides for terahertz communications

Terahertz communications is a promising modality for future short-range point-to point wireless data transmission at rates up to terabit per second. A milestone towards this goal is the development of an integrated transmitter and receiver…

Optics · Physics 2020-02-19 Weijie Gao , Xiongbin Yu , Masayuki Fujita , Tadao Nagatsuma , Christophe Fumeaux , Withawat Withayachumnankul

C-MORE : the laser guide star wavefront sensor

After releasing reference camera solutions in the visible and infrared for natural guide star wavefront sensing with unbeaten performance, we will present the first results of First Light Imaging s C-MORE, the first laser guide star…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-02 J. L. Gach , D. Boutolleau , A. Caillat , P. Feautrier , R. Pourcelot , E. Stadler

Compact dual-band multi-focal diffractive lenses

We design, fabricate, and characterize multifunctional and compact diffractive microlenses with sub-wavelength thickness and the capability to simultaneously focus visible and near-infrared spectral bands at two different focal positions…

Optics · Physics 2020-04-22 Wesley A. Britton , Yuyao Chen , Fabrizio Sgrignuoli , Luca Dal Negro

Sensitivity optimization of micro-machined thermo-resistive flow-rate sensors on silicon substrates

We report on an optimized micro-machined thermal flow-rate sensor as part of an autonomous multi-parameter sensing device for water network monitoring. The sensor has been optimized under the following constraints: low power consumption and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-04-23 Shaun Ferdous , Sreyash Sarkar , Frederic Marty , Patrick Poulichet , William César , E. Nefzaoui , Tarik Bourouina

CCAT: Multi-Rate DSP for Sub-mm Astronomy: Polyphase Synthesis Filter Bank on FPGA for Enhanced MKID Readout

The next-generation mm/sub-mm/far-IR astronomy will in part be enabled by advanced digital signal processing (DSP) techniques. The Prime-Cam instrument of the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST), featuring the largest array of…

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