Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM) is an optical technique that allows imaging of a thin layer of the sample with a thickness of about 100-200 nm. It is used in science of cell biology to study cellular processes, especially near the membranes of living cells. This method is based on the total internal reflection phenomenon, where the evanescent wave is generated in the l...

We propose novel RH-metamaterial structure of the Z-chip for improving the oblique incidence characteristics as an electromagnetic wave absorber. The basic characteristics of a wave absorber using a Z-chip is calculated by FDTD simulation at an oblique incidence. To demonstrate the efficiencies of the chip, a unit cell like a Z-chip was introduced to an actual computer controlled metamaterial e...

We propose an efficient and robust way to design absorbing boundary conditions in atomistic computations. An optimal discrete boundary condition is obtained by minimizing a functional of reflection coefficient integral over a range of wave numbers. The minimization is performed with respect to a set of wave numbers, at which transparent absorption is reached. Compared with the optimization with...

We examine the transmission of small and moderately large internal gravity wavepackets through uniformly and nonuniformly stratified fluids using fully nonlinear numerical simulations. The simulations of finite-amplitude waves in a uniformly stratified fluid show that the weakly nonlinear theory developed for horizontally periodic wavepackets extends well to the dynamics of wavepackets with hor...

Ultra High Frequency (UHF) band is increasingly widely used in military maritime satellite communications due to its good communication performance. Electromagnetic wave emitted by satellite is reflected when reaching the sea surface, and multipath fading is very serious which causes interference on the received signal, especially when satellite elevation angle is low. In this paper, the UHF ba...

Central pressure augmentation is associated with greater backward wave amplitude and shorter transit time and is higher in women for reasons only partially elucidated. Augmentation also is affected by left ventricular function and shapes of the forward and backward waves. The goal of this study was to examine the relative contributions of forward and backward wave morphology to central pressure...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Millimeter-wave reflectometry is a potentially interesting technique to analyze the human skin in vivo in order to determine the water content locally in the skin. Purpose of this work is to investigate the possibility of skin-tissue differentiation. In addition, it addresses the influence of the pressure of the probe on the skin, the influence of an air gap between probe and...

The silicon die and copper lead-frame in IC packaging are bonded by die attach adhesive, and the quality of the interface is a critical issue in the reliability testing of IC packaging and during the manufacturing process. Common defects such as crack and delamination can be detected using C-mode ultrasonic microscopy method with sufficient confidence. However, weak interface due to weak adhesi...