We are developing a detector system for locating environmental radiation sources. The design emphasizes compact size (ideally hand-held), wide field of view and high detection efficiency, and uses cadmium-zinc-telluri...
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(纸本)0819463981
We are developing a detector system for locating environmental radiation sources. The design emphasizes compact size (ideally hand-held), wide field of view and high detection efficiency, and uses cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT) detectors and electronic collimation via Compton-scatter detection. The detector design is a 6-sided box with a primary scatter detector on one end. GEANT4 simulations, allowing variations of detector parameters and source energies/locations, provided performance estimates. A partial prototype, using 16×16-pixel 38×38×5-mm3 CZT detectors, was developed and tested. Two methods to calculate source direction in real-time from the Compton scatter data were evaluated: (1) filtered backprojection of cones onto a sphere;(2) intersection with the sphere of bounding boxes circumscribed around the cones. Simulation results of the 6-sided box with the current CZT modules indicated 1-5% of incident gamma rays produce valid direction angles, with an angular resolution of ∼15°. The directional algorithms allowed a FOV (directional error <10°) of approximately ±60°. The direction algorithms converge on a source direction estimate in as few as 100 detected events. With improvements in detector energy and spatial resolution, reasonable performance seems achievable for a range of radioisotopes, e.g., from Am-241 through Co-60.
Bioelectronics is an important technology in enhancing the quality of life, especially for those who are suffering from physiological difficulties. Novel biomimetic microelectronic systems will enable treatment of som...
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Bioelectronics is an important technology in enhancing the quality of life, especially for those who are suffering from physiological difficulties. Novel biomimetic microelectronic systems will enable treatment of some of presently incurable human handicaps such as hearing loss, blindness (retinal prosthesis), paralysis (neuron-muscular prosthesis), and memory loss (cortical prosthesis). With advancement of bionanotechnology and quantitative medical research, the potential application of biomimetic systems is highly promising. In this paper we review the current status of biomimetic microelectronic systems and challenging issues in basic interface between electrodes and neuronal network, laboratory on a chip (LoC), and generation of power for implantable devices. For laboratory-on-a-chip (LoC), we examine a new way of detecting and sensing molecules on a chip with single molecule/particle sensitivity by fusing integrated optics with microfluidics, based on integrated hollow-core antiresonant reflecting optical waveguides (ARROW) waveguides. With multilayer dielectric confinement, the light is guided through hollow channels with cross sections of a few microns squared. We have demonstrated efficient light guiding in liquid-core ARROWs, single-molecule fluorescence sensitivity in fully planar beam geometry, surface-enhanced Raman scattering, fluorescence from live ribosomes in buffer solution, and electrical fluorescence control by applying a voltage between fluidic reservoirs connected to the waveguide channels. For electrical power sourcing of implantable biomimetic devices and systems, we illustrate the potential of the diffusion potential differences established between two half-cells of electrolyte solutions of different concentrations to generate directly an electric current. This concentration cell operates solely on a salt concentration gradient. The future advancement of biomimetic systems design will critically depend on computer aids as in VLSI developments
The proceedings contain 27 papers. The topics discussed include: using multi-function components to solve opticaldesign challenges for DUV microlithographic applications;automated synthesis of both the topology and n...
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The proceedings contain 27 papers. The topics discussed include: using multi-function components to solve opticaldesign challenges for DUV microlithographic applications;automated synthesis of both the topology and numerical parameters for seven patented optical lens systems using genetic programming;advances in lenticular lens arrays for visual display;wide field-of-view imaging system using a liquid crystal spatial light modulator;design tools for freeform optics;designing and specifying aspheres for manufacturability;infrared hybrid optics with high broadband efficiency;removing challenges in microlithographic opticaldesign;laser beam filtering by refractive or diffractive microstructures;and a hybrid athermal CCD camera.
High efficiency solar cells seem to be the main direction of current research these days, in spite the high cost of fabrication. Production costs of highly effective solar cells are still very high, and thus amorphous...
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High efficiency solar cells seem to be the main direction of current research these days, in spite the high cost of fabrication. Production costs of highly effective solar cells are still very high, and thus amorphous silicon is still the only semiconductor material available for cheap and effective solar cells. On the other hand, amorphous silicon-based alloys have not been incorporated sufficiently by the industry, in spite the fact that they might provide advantages of more than one gap and wider optical window for incident wavelengths. Amorphous silicon/alloy superlattices provide advantages in solar cell design, such as (a) effective band-gap widening (b) effective mass separation (c) increased open-circuit voltage. The latter increases via Fermi level control, due to p-doping of potential barriers, pushing EF towards the valence bands, with simultaneous widening of the effective band gap, thus leading to potentially higher collection incident wavelengths. The density of gap states in the heavily doped layer is modeled as an exponential whose parameter kT* can be varied by the doping concentrations, while its activation energy saturates at some value. This communication provides (i) a general formulation of the problem at finite temperatures as well as numerical results for specific realizable contacts (ii) detailed treatment of gap states (iii) the neutrality condition (iv) a relation between Fermi level position and open-circuit voltage in the nitride region (superlattice p-region). For a p-(a-SiN: H/a-Si: H)-i (a-Si: H)-n (a-Si: H) sample, we compute the Fermi level position relative to the a-Si: H valence band edge. For low and wide gap thin layers of the order of 2.5 to 3.5 nm, open circuit voltage values are predicted in excess of 1.05 V, and efficiencies are predicted in excess of 12%.
We present a purely mechanical means of producing highly concentric spherical lenses at the endfaces of optical fibers. The production process has two stages. First, conical lenses are produced in a grinding process t...
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We present a purely mechanical means of producing highly concentric spherical lenses at the endfaces of optical fibers. The production process has two stages. First, conical lenses are produced in a grinding process that ensures excellent concentricity. Then, the conical lenses are transformed to spherical lenses using a novel process called loose abrasive blasting. The cone grinding is carried out on a microgrinding machine, which has a sophisticated control system that enables the production of precision conical lenses. The blasting is carried out on a diamond blasting machine. Plots showing automatic centering performance of the microgrinding machine and scanning electron microscopy images of the conical and spherical lenses are presented. (c) 2005 Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers.
A baseline design for NASA's Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph (TPFC) starlight suppression system (SSS) is described. The design is based on a 8×3.5m elliptical aperture telescope leading to terrestrial ...
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A baseline design for NASA's Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph (TPFC) starlight suppression system (SSS) is described. The design is based on a 8×3.5m elliptical aperture telescope leading to terrestrial planet detection at a minimum angle of ∼4λ/D. The design accommodates classical Lyot coronagraph as well as shaped pupil approaches and includes separate optical paths for two polarizations each with its own deformable mirror control. Critical design challenges and trades are described.
The Terrestrial Planet Finder-Coronagraph (TPF-C) is a NASA exploration mission to directly detect and characterize terrestrial exoplanets at visible wavelengths. The TPF-C observatory must be able to distinguish a pl...
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The Terrestrial Planet Finder-Coronagraph (TPF-C) is a NASA exploration mission to directly detect and characterize terrestrial exoplanets at visible wavelengths. The TPF-C observatory must be able to distinguish a planet that is more than 10 orders of magnitude fainter than its parent star at a separation of 75 milli-arc-seconds (mas). Coronagraphic detection requires a large aperture telescope to resolve the exoplanet from its star, and extreme stability during detection and characterization observations. This paper discusses the requirements and trade studies leading to the current baseline opticaldesign for the TPF-C telescope. The current baseline design is summarized and its prescription is presented.
Rayleigh scaling equations for resolution and the control of computer chip critical dimensions (CD) within a finite depth of focus (DOF) have always indicated that resolution is better improved by reductions in wavele...
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Rayleigh scaling equations for resolution and the control of computer chip critical dimensions (CD) within a finite depth of focus (DOF) have always indicated that resolution is better improved by reductions in wavelength of exposure light rather than by increasing the numerical aperture (NA) of the projection optics, particularly as it approaches the physical limit in air of 1.0. However, liquid immersion of the image increases the physical NA limits and presents new opticaldesign challenges, while postponing the necessity for drastic reductions in the wavelength.
We present a purely mechanical means of producing highly concentric spherical lenses at the endfaces of optical fibers. The production process has two stages. First, conical lenses are produced in a grinding process t...
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ISBN:
(纸本)0819454613
We present a purely mechanical means of producing highly concentric spherical lenses at the endfaces of optical fibers. The production process has two stages. First, conical lenses are produced in a grinding process that ensures excellent concentricity. Then, the conical lenses are transformed to spherical lenses using a novel process called loose abrasive blasting. The cone grinding is carried out on a microgrinding machine, which has a sophisticated control system that enables the production of precision conical lenses. The blasting is carried out on a diamond blasting machine. Plots showing automatic centering performance of the microgrinding machine and scanning electron microscopy images of the conical and spherical lenses are presented. (c) 2005 Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers.
We report on our work on producing liquid crystal switchable modal lenses and their use in a compound lens system in order to produce variable focus/zoom lenses. We describe work on producing a high power lens, and pr...
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We report on our work on producing liquid crystal switchable modal lenses and their use in a compound lens system in order to produce variable focus/zoom lenses. We describe work on producing a high power lens, and present theoretical work on off-axis phase modulation in a liquid crystal lens which is important in order to be able to carry out a complete opticaldesign of a liquid crystal lens.
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