Topology optimized multi-functional mechanically reconfigurable meta-optics studied at microwave frequencies

Posted by klaurent Caltech

Kavli Affiliate: Andrei Faraon | First 5 Authors: Conner Ballew, Gregory Roberts, Philip Camayd-Muñoz, Maximilien F Debbas, Andrei Faraon | Summary: Metasurfaces advanced the field of optics by reducing the thickness of optical components and merging multiple functionalities into a single layer device. However, this generally comes with a reduction in performance, especially for multifunctional […]


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Self-assembling kinetics: Accessing a new design space via differentiable statistical-physics models

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Kavli Affiliate: Michael Brenner | First 5 Authors: Carl P. Goodrich, Ella M. King, Samuel S. Schoenholz, Ekin D. Cubuk, Michael Brenner | Summary: The inverse problem of designing component interactions to target emergent structure is fundamental to numerous applications in biotechnology, materials science, and statistical physics. Equally important is the inverse problem of designing […]


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Diffusing wave spectroscopy: a unified treatment on temporal sampling and speckle ensemble methods

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Kavli Affiliate: Changhuei Yang | First 5 Authors: Jian Xu, Ali K. Jahromi, Changhuei Yang, , | Summary: Diffusing wave spectroscopy (DWS) is a well-known set of methods to measure the temporal dynamics of dynamic samples. In DWS, dynamic samples scatter the incident coherent light, and the information of the temporal dynamics is encoded in […]


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NetSquid, a NETwork Simulator for QUantum Information using Discrete events

Posted by klaurent Delft

Kavli Affiliate: Stephanie Wehner | First 5 Authors: Tim Coopmans, Robert Knegjens, Axel Dahlberg, David Maier, Loek Nijsten | Summary: In order to bring quantum networks into the real world, we would like to determine the requirements of quantum network protocols including the underlying quantum hardware. Because detailed architecture proposals are generally too complex for […]


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Optimization-Based Visual-Inertial SLAM Tightly Coupled with Raw GNSS Measurements

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Kavli Affiliate: Wei Gao | First 5 Authors: Jinxu Liu, Wei Gao, Zhanyi Hu, , | Summary: Unlike loose coupling approaches and the EKF-based approaches in the literature, we propose an optimization-based visual-inertial SLAM tightly coupled with raw Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) measurements, a first attempt of this kind in the literature to our […]


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Diversity in immunogenomics: the value and the challenge

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Kavli Affiliate: Carlos Bustamante | First 5 Authors: Kerui Peng, Yana Safonova, Mikhail Shugay, Alice Popejoy, Oscar Rodriguez | Summary: With the advent of high-throughput sequencing technologies, the fields of immunogenomics and adaptive immune receptor repertoire research are facing both opportunities and challenges. Adaptive immune receptor repertoire sequencing (AIRR-seq) has become an increasingly important tool […]


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Starting Dynamics of a Fully Electronically Controlled Linear Mamyshev Oscillator

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Kavli Affiliate: Frank Wise | First 5 Authors: Yi-Hao Chen, Pavel Sidorenko, Frank Wise, , | Summary: We start an environmentally-stable linear Mamyshev oscillator with electronically-controlled modulated pump and a moving filter. It delivers a 21-nJ pulse that becomes 65 fs in duration after a compressor. Reliable starting into stable mode-locking is found achievable with […]


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Towards milli-Hertz laser frequency noise on a chip

Posted by klaurent Caltech

Kavli Affiliate: Kerry Vahala | First 5 Authors: Heming Wang, Lue Wu, Zhiquan Yuan, Kerry Vahala, | Summary: Narrow-linewidth lasers are important to many applications spanning precision metrology to sensing systems. Their miniaturization in the form of on-chip lasers is receiving increasing attention. Here, a noise level that is consistent with a fundamental frequency noise […]


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Nanopores — a Versatile Tool to Study Protein Dynamics

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Kavli Affiliate: Cees Dekker | First 5 Authors: Sonja Schmid, Cees Dekker, , , | Summary: Proteins are the active working horses in our body. These biomolecules perform all vital cellular functions from DNA replication and general biosynthesis to metabolic signaling and environmental sensing. While static 3D structures are now readily available, observing the functional […]


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Motivations and Preliminary Design for Mid-Air Deployment of a Science Rotorcraft on Mars

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Kavli Affiliate: Morteza Gharib | First 5 Authors: Jeff Delaune, Jacob Izraelevitz, Larry A. Young, William Rapin, Evgeniy Sklyanskiy | Summary: Mid-Air Deployment (MAD) of a rotorcraft during Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) on Mars eliminates the need to carry a propulsion or airbag landing system. This reduces the total mass inside the aeroshell by […]


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