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Optical spectroscopy the measurement of electromagnetic spectra is fundamental to various scientific domains and serves as the building block of numerous technologies. Computational spectrometry is an emerging field that employs an array of…
Compact inductor-capacitor (LC) resonators, in contrast to coplanar waveguide (CPW) resonators, have a simple lumped-element circuit representation but usually call for sophisticated finite-element method (FEM) simulations for an accurate…
A DC non-contact method for measuring the magnetostrictive strain in thin-films is demonstrated, achieving a state-of-the-art sensitivity of 0.1 ppm. In this method, an optical profilometer is used to measure the curvature induced in a…
The terahertz spectral region, which bridges between electronics and optics, is poised to play an important role in the development of transformative wireless communication and imaging systems with unprecedented functionality. Currently, a…
Although fabrication capabilities of Silicon Dangling Bonds have rapidly advanced from manual labor-driven laboratory work to automated manufacturing in just recent years, sub-nanometer substrate defects still pose a hindrance to production…
To the best of our knowledge, this paper has achieved the lowest thermal tuning power (5.85 mW/pi) for silicon rings with FSR>=3.2 THz, and the first silicon ring-based WDM-32x100 GHz filter.
In the emerging research field of bioelectronic medicine, it has been indicated that neuromodulation of the Vagus Nerve (VN) has the potential to treat various conditions such as epilepsy, depression, and autoimmune diseases. In order to…
Topological textures in magnetic and electric materials are considered to be promising candidates for next-generation information technology and unconventional computing. Here, we discuss how the physical properties of topological nanoscale…
Magnetoresistance effects are crucial for understanding the charge/spin transport as well as propelling the advancement of spintronic applications. Here we report the coexistence of magnetic moment-dependent (MD) and magnetic field-driven…
This guide provides a detailed step-by-step procedure for the dispersion of (6,5) single-walled carbon nanotubes by shear force mixing with the conjugated polymer PFO-BPy in organic solvents. All processes presented here were developed in…
The tunability of radio environments with reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) enables the paradigm of smart radio environments in which wireless system engineers are no longer limited to only controlling the radiated signals but can…
The advancement in thin-film exfoliation for synthesizing oxide membranes has opened up new possibilities for creating artificially-assembled heterostructures with structurally and chemically incompatible materials. The sacrificial layer…
In the previous studies, the ultraviolet light thermoreflectance (UV-TDTR) signal from bulk semiconducting samples cannot be well explained by a thermal models based on the assumption that the heat is both absorbed and probed near the…
The present work aims at investigating the effect of laser irradiation on the tribological properties of RF-sputtered NiO thin films deposited on industrial grade aluminum substrate. A semiconductor laser based on Nd:YAG operating at its…
The ability to control porosity in oxide thin films is one of the key factors that determine their properties. Despite the abundance of dry processes for the synthesis of oxide porous layers, the high porosity range is typically achieved by…
We introduce a new nanoindentation method to continuously measure the hardness while sweeping through orders of magnitudes of strain rates within a single experiment. While nanoindentation already allows the determination of the strain rate…
We investigated the thermal conductivity of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) propagating along thin Au and Ag films on a SiO$_2$ substrate with a Ti adhesive layer. To determine the propagation length and skin depth of SPPs along Au and Ag…
We demonstrate high-resolution photonic RF filters using an RF bandwidth scaling approach based on integrated Kerr optical micro-combs. By employing both an active nonlinear micro-ring resonator (MRR) as a high-quality micro-comb source and…
Waste heat recovery in the energy intensive industry is one of the most important measures for the mitigation of climate change. The utilization of just a fraction of the theoretically available waste heat potential would lead to a…
Through acoustically levitated ice formation and subsequent release onto a controlled area, this study introduces a third class of ice-countering system beyond de- and anti-icing: ice-impacting. By subjecting stainless steel 316 (SS), epoxy…