There has been much recent work in developing advanced optical metrology methods that use imaging optics for critical dimension measurements and defect detection. Sensitivity to nanometer-scale changes has been observed when measuring critical dimensions of subwavelength 20 nm features or when imaging defects below 15 nm using angle-resolved and focus-resolved optical data. However, these metho...

Real-time PCR is a powerful tool to compare relative transcriptional abundance, and has been broadly applied in biomedical sciences. However, methods for rigorous statistical analyses have lagged behind applications. Confidence interval and statistical significance considerations are not explicit in many of the current data analysis approaches. Based on the standard curve method and other usefu...

We describe a polarization-selective beam splitter by a sandwiched grating, which can fulfill the high efficiency element for TE polarization and the two-port output for TM polarization. The modal method and the rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA) are employed together to optimize the polarization-selective beam splitter. According to the modal method, the grating duty cycle and period are di...

The meta-analysis of Intangible Brain-Machine Interaction (IMMI) data with random number generators (RNG’s) (Bösch, 2006) is re-evaluated through the application of rigorous and recognised mathematical tools. The current analysis shows that the statistical average of the true RNG-IMMI data is not shifted from chance by direct mental intervention, thus refuting the IMMI hypothesis. A facet of th...

A nonsensical claim is hardly worth the trouble to contest as long as nobody except its author takes it seriously. In some circles, however, French philosopher Alain Badiou is heralded as a great thinker. Especially his emphasis on multiplicity should raise interest from the perspective of information management. So, can Badiou’s ideas be put to practical use, there? After admitting that his ...