High-performance flexible metal-on-silicon thermocouple

Performance Evaluation of an Infrared Thermocouple

The measurement of the leaf temperature of forests or agricultural plants is an important technique for the monitoring of the physiological state of crops. The infrared thermometer is a convenient device due to its fast response and nondestructive measurement technique. Nowadays, a novel infrared thermocouple, developed with the same measurement principle of the infrared thermometer but using a...

High performance silicon optical modulators

In this work we present results from high performance silicon optical modulators produced within the two largest silicon photonics projects in Europe; UK Silicon Photonics (UKSP) and HELIOS. Two conventional MZI based optical modulators featuring novel self-aligned fabrication processes are presented. The first is based in 400nm overlayer SOI and demonstrates 40Gbit/s modulation with the same e...

Mechanical anomaly impact on metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitors on flexible silicon fabric

High-Performance Flexible Waveguiding Photovoltaics

The use of flat-plane solar concentrators is an effective approach toward collecting sunlight economically and without sun trackers. The optical concentrators are, however, usually made of rigid glass or plastics having limited flexibility, potentially restricting their applicability. In this communication, we describe flexible waveguiding photovoltaics (FWPVs) that exhibit high optical efficie...

A High - Performance Flexible Architecture

Cryptographic algorithms are more eeciently implemented in custom hardware than in software running on general-purpose processors. However, systems which use hardware implementations have significant drawbacks: they are unable to respond to aws discovered in the implemented algorithm or to changes in standards. In this paper we show how reconngurable computing ooers high performance yet exible ...