We report on a promising approach to realize bifacial silicon carbide (SiC) based ultraviolet (UV) photodetectors with no metallic electrodes. The ohmic contact regions, consisting of a few conductive carbon-rich laye...
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We report on a promising approach to realize bifacial silicon carbide (SiC) based ultraviolet (UV) photodetectors with no metallic electrodes. The ohmic contact regions, consisting of a few conductive carbon-rich layers, while maintaining the necessary UV sensitivity for the photodetector's operation, are directly realized using a nanosecond-pulsed excimer laser. By combining structural, optical, and electrical characterization, we demonstrate how this treatment allows the formation of ohmic contacts, on both front and rear side, using fluence higher than 1.6 J/cm(2) and 3.2 J/cm(2), respectively.
This letter investigates the physical layer authentication (PLA) in dynamic environments, where the users have different mobility velocities. The performance of PLA in this scenario suffers from the inaccurate predict...
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This letter investigates the physical layer authentication (PLA) in dynamic environments, where the users have different mobility velocities. The performance of PLA in this scenario suffers from the inaccurate prediction of the channel statement information (CSI) owing to the Doppler shifts and multipath fading. To overcome the difficulty, a model-driven learning algorithm is developed to predict dynamic CSI. Specifically, the Bahdanau Attention Autoencoder (BAAE)-based PLA scheme is proposed to extract relevant channel features and mitigate inter-symbol interference and inter-carrier interference. Compared to existing deep learning-based PLA schemes, the proposed scheme addresses the core factors contributing to poor authentication accuracy at the algorithmic level, rather than brute-force learning from bigger datasets. Experiment results show that the proposed scheme presents more accurate predictions and lower complexity compared with the existing data-driven models across all tested signal noise ratio levels and velocities. Moreover, it is robust to maintain 99.6% authentication accuracy even when the users are moving with high velocities.
Distributed physical layer authentication (DPLA) is a novel authentication framework, which not only exploits the collaborative computing of multiple devices to enhance overall efficiency, but also alleviates the degr...
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Distributed physical layer authentication (DPLA) is a novel authentication framework, which not only exploits the collaborative computing of multiple devices to enhance overall efficiency, but also alleviates the degradation of processing performance caused by resource-constrained terminals. It is considered a promising architecture for solving access security issues in future communications. Considering DPLA's potential, in this article, we review existing DPLA schemes to provide a comprehensive summary of the strategies and technical approaches adopted during each implementation stage. Our simulation results show that the voting-assisted DPLA scheme has better authentication performance than the centralized PLA. In addition, we also present some open research issues on DPLA, addressing new opportunities ahead and potential research directions.
Detecting human movement is crucial for the control of lower limb wearable robotics designed to assist daily activities or rehabilitation tasks. Sensorized insoles present a viable option for extracting control inputs...
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Detecting human movement is crucial for the control of lower limb wearable robotics designed to assist daily activities or rehabilitation tasks. Sensorized insoles present a viable option for extracting control inputs, such as gait events and the corresponding phases, essential for regulating the magnitude and timing of assistance. Given their highly sensitive piezoelectric response to dynamic loading, ferroelectrets emerge as a cost-effective solution for customizing sensors suitable for these autonomous systems. Within this study, an insole with four ferroelectret sensors is 3D-printed monolithically from polylactic acid (PLA) onto bulk films of the same material through seamless thermal fusion. Sensor and insole are characterized through a testing machine and by conducting human walking experiments on an instrumented treadmill. The testing machine results indicate suitable sensor performance for the application in wearable robotics concerning the sensitivity, minimal detectable change, hysteresis, drift, and repeatability. Walking experiments reveal the insole's capability to detect gait events such as heel strikes with minimal variability and on average 16 ms faster compared to the reference of vertical ground reaction forces across all walking speeds above 1 m/s. The peak sensor outputs strongly relate to the reference while both exhibit a linear (R-2 > 95%) increase corresponding to walking speed. In conclusion, the study findings demonstrate the feasibility of PLA-based ferroelectrets as customized insole sensors for event detection in gait analysis, enabling assessment of human biomechanics with minimal impact on the natural gait and control of autonomous wearable robotics, such as exoskeletons.
Channel State Information (CSI)-based Physical Layer Authentication (PLA) is typically a promising strategy for wireless security. However, existing algorithms fail to transfer across various scenarios and immunize ag...
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Channel State Information (CSI)-based Physical Layer Authentication (PLA) is typically a promising strategy for wireless security. However, existing algorithms fail to transfer across various scenarios and immunize against attacks forging CSI. To improve the transferability and immunity of PLA, we propose a PLA enhancement framework to analyze, enhance, and assess authentication. Firstly, we provide a theoretical analysis method to discover the factors affecting the transferability and immunity of PLA. Secondly, inspired by the above discovery, an enhanced PLA algorithm is developed based on the channel time-varying pattern. Finally, we theoretically assess the scenario transferability and provide a closed-form expression for the bypassing condition of authentication. Furthermore, experimental results validate the practical applicability of our theoretical insights.
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS)-assisted systems are promising technology in next-generation wireless networks, but are susceptible to spoofing attacks due to their broadcast nature. This letter reveals the ...
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Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS)-assisted systems are promising technology in next-generation wireless networks, but are susceptible to spoofing attacks due to their broadcast nature. This letter reveals the unique characteristics of RIS-aided multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, that improve channel entropy compared to conventional MIMO. By capitalizing on the additional paths introduced by the cascaded channel and the distinctive double-structured sparsity inherent in its virtual representation, we develop a novel channel-based physical layer authentication (PLA) approach. In particular, we construct a robust signature for authentication purposes by extracting the intrinsic RIS features of the virtual angle of arrivals and departures indices. Furthermore, the distribution of the digital signature is analyzed to derive analytical expressions for the false alarm and detection probabilities of the proposed scheme. Simulation results show that the proposed approach surpasses the limitations of previous works, with 14.89% and 72% authentication performance improvements in detection and false alarm rates, respectively.
Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) have recently gained attention, as they are inexpensive, green in nature, and sustainable. As per the report, by Allied Market Research the global market size of MFCs will increase from $26...
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Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) have recently gained attention, as they are inexpensive, green in nature, and sustainable. As per the report, by Allied Market Research the global market size of MFCs will increase from $264.8 million in 2021 to $452.2 million in 2030, growing at a CAGR of 4.5%. The present work is a comparative study of various types of electrolytes that can be used in MFCs. The working electrodes were printed using conducting graphene-based Polylactic Acid (PLA) filaments with the help of a 3D printer under the principle of the fused deposition method. Simulated electrolytes and natural environmental microbial electrolytes were used here. Also, electrolytes of pure E. coli culture were studied. Lake water reported the highest power density of 8.259 mW/cm(2) while Stale E. Coli reported the lowest around 0.184 mW/cm(2). The study comprehensively lists potential wastewaters that can fuel the MFCs. With the pioneering of various comparative studies of electrolytes, one can insight into the recruitment of electrolytes with high-performance benchmarks for miniaturized energy storage and other microelectronics applications.
In this article, covert multi-channel communication against interference-assisted proactive detection is investigated in additive Gaussian white noise (AWGN) channel. We first analyze the detection performance for the...
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In this article, covert multi-channel communication against interference-assisted proactive detection is investigated in additive Gaussian white noise (AWGN) channel. We first analyze the detection performance for the warden and derive the covert constraints. Then, to maximize the average effective covert throughput (AECT) of the legitimate communicating parties, we establish an optimization problem by jointly optimizing the sub-channels number and transmit power. Analysis and numerical results show that selecting an appropriate number of sub-channels can improve the AECT against interference-assisted proactive detection comparison with single-channel schemes.
Spatial Modulation (SM) is a promising low-complexity modulation scheme for Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) systems. In this paper, we address the problem of authenticating the transmitter device in the SM. We p...
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Spatial Modulation (SM) is a promising low-complexity modulation scheme for Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) systems. In this paper, we address the problem of authenticating the transmitter device in the SM. We propose an authentication approach for an SM system by using Physical-Layer Authentication (PLA) mechanisms because the PLA has the following advantages: high security and low complexity. Based on the features of an SM system, we propose two PLA schemes: PLA with Superimposed Authentication Tag (PLA-SAT) and PLA with Superimposed Imaginary authentication Tag (PLA-SIT). We provide performance analyses of our schemes over fading channels in terms of robustness, compatibility, and security. Moreover, we derive their closed-form expressions under both perfect and imperfect channel estimates, including the Probability of Detection (PD), Probability of False Alarm (PFA), and Average Error Probability (AEP). Although the two proposed schemes have the same robustness and security, the PLA-SIT scheme has better compatibility than the PLA-SAT scheme. Our schemes were implemented and extensive performance comparisons through simulations were conducted. We observe that the simulation results of the two proposed schemes perfectly match their corresponding theoretical analyses. The authentication accuracy of the two proposed schemes is close to one when the received SNR is greater than 20 dB and the security performances of the two proposed schemes improve as the variance of estimation errors increases.
A novel self-latching MEMS optical interrupter with status monitoring is proposed to enhance the safety of laser initiation system (LIS) by preventing long-term heat accumulation and reducing response time. The electr...
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A novel self-latching MEMS optical interrupter with status monitoring is proposed to enhance the safety of laser initiation system (LIS) by preventing long-term heat accumulation and reducing response time. The electrothermal-actuated interrupter consists of an optical fiber alignment actuator, a positive latching actuator (PLA), and a reverse blocking actuator, each coupled with a status monitoring unit. The PLA is equipped with an interlock mechanism for self-latching capability. The interrupter's operating state is monitored using cantilever beams that function as travel switches. The interrupters are fabricated using deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers. Experiments are conducted to study the behavior of the proposed interrupter, which demonstrates the successful implementation of its self-latching and status-monitoring features. The interrupter has a switching time of less than 64 ms and exhibits an optical efficiency ranging from 63% to 68% (1.67-1.97-dB insertion loss) with a maximum power transfer of 865 mW from a 1272-mW input.
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