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Non-contact Measurement of Thin-Film Conductivity by IR Spectroscopy
Charge transport in metal thin films depends on the electronic structure of the metal, the mesoscopic morphology of the films, and on the microscopic...
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Magnetic Orientation in Birds and Other Animals
The use of the geomagnetic field for compass orientation is widespread among animals, with two types of magnetic compass mechanisms described: an...
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Self-Organized InGaAs Quantum Rings -- Fabrication and Spectroscopy
We report on recent experiments on semiconductor quantum rings, fabricated by self-organized Stranski-Krastanov growth. In the first part of this...
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Graphite as a Highly Correlated Electron Liquid
Although a considerable amount of research work has been done on graphite, its physical properties are still not well understood. In the present...
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Silicon-Based Waveguide Technology for Wavelength Division Multiplexing
This chapter reviews the application of silicon-based planar waveguide components for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) and demultiplexing. The...
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Synthesis and Applications of Supramolecular Porphyrinic Materials
The supramolecular chemistry of porphyrinic systems is extraordinarily diverse because the rigid macrocycles offer a variety of topologies that can...
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Controlled Synthesis of High Quality Semiconductor Nanocrystals
Synthesis of high quality semiconductor nanocrystals is discussed in this chapter. Although the focus is on the recent progress in synthesis of...
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Internal pipe corrosion assessment method in water distribution system using ultrasound and convolutional neural networks
Internal pipe corrosion within water distribution systems leads to iron oxide deposits on pipe walls, potentially contaminating the water supply....
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Polydimethylsiloxane-Assisted Surface Plasmon Resonance–Based Temperature Sensor
Since the important applications in multiple fields, research on temperature sensors based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) technology is receiving...
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Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Coated Electrospun Nanofibrous PLA Membranes: Properties and Application
Poly (lactic acid) (PLA) membrane is fabricated through electrospinning, which effectively absorbs oil from the oil/water mixture. The prepared PLA...
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Scaling of the Quantum Hall Plateau Transition
We examine the transition between quantum Hall plateaus considering a number of different experiments. Measurements of the temperature and frequency...
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Protein Dynamics: Glass Transition and Mechanical Function
We review here internal motions in proteins on a range of time- and length scales, with special emphasis on the role computer simulations can play in...
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Spin Injection in Ferromagnet/ Semiconductor Hybrid Structures
We review our recent studies on transport phenomena in hybrid structures which consist of a ferromagnetic metal and a high-mobility two-dimensional...
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Light Modulation with Silicon Devices
In this chapter we deal with different approaches to obtain fast and low power consumption amplitude modulation with silicon optoelettronic devices....
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Optical Interconnect
The progress of silicon electronic industry is based on scaling down the minimum feature size of integrated circuits. Speed, density and costs of...
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Silicon Based Waveguides
Optical waveguide based devices are key to the operation of many modern optical communication systems. The following chapter outlines the design and...
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Silicon-Based Photonic Crystals
We introduce the concept of silicon-based photonic crystals with the main focus on the macroporous silicon material system. photonic crystals are the...
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Light Generation, Amplification, and Wavelength Conversion via Stimulated Raman Scattering in Silicon Microstructures
This chapter is organized in two parts. In part one, we present the theory of Spontaneous and Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS), as well as that of...
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Silicon Photo-Receivers
The properties of photodiodes being exploitable in standard bipolar, CMOS, and BiCMOS technologies are summarized. In addition examples of advanced...
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Integrated Photonics
This chapter attempts to bring an industrial perspective to the topic of silicon photonics integration. Comparisons between microelectronics and...