scholarly journals Full spectrum fluorescence lifetime imaging with 0.5 nm spectral and 50 ps temporal resolution

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gareth O. S. Williams ◽  
Elvira Williams ◽  
Neil Finlayson ◽  
Ahmet T. Erdogan ◽  
Qiang Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Data Cube ◽  
System Control ◽  
Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging ◽  
Full Spectrum ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
High Data ◽  
Sample Characterization ◽  
Image Pixels ◽  
On Chip

AbstractThe use of optical techniques to interrogate wide ranging samples from semiconductors to biological tissue for rapid analysis and diagnostics has gained wide adoption over the past decades. The desire to collect ever more spatially, spectrally and temporally detailed optical signatures for sample characterization has specifically driven a sharp rise in new optical microscopy technologies. Here we present a high-speed optical scanning microscope capable of capturing time resolved images across 512 spectral and 32 time channels in a single acquisition with the potential for ~0.2 frames per second (256 × 256 image pixels). Each pixel in the resulting images contains a detailed data cube for the study of diverse time resolved light driven phenomena. This is enabled by integration of system control electronics and on-chip processing which overcomes the challenges presented by high data volume and low imaging speed, often bottlenecks in previous systems.

scholarly journals Super-resolution time-resolved imaging using computational sensor fusion

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Callenberg ◽  
A. Lyons ◽  
D. den Brok ◽  
A. Fatima ◽  
A. Turpin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sensor Fusion ◽  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Temporal Resolution ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Super Resolution ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Data Cube ◽  
Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Temporal Precision

AbstractImaging across both the full transverse spatial and temporal dimensions of a scene with high precision in all three coordinates is key to applications ranging from LIDAR to fluorescence lifetime imaging. However, compromises that sacrifice, for example, spatial resolution at the expense of temporal resolution are often required, in particular when the full 3-dimensional data cube is required in short acquisition times. We introduce a sensor fusion approach that combines data having low-spatial resolution but high temporal precision gathered with a single-photon-avalanche-diode (SPAD) array with data that has high spatial but no temporal resolution, such as that acquired with a standard CMOS camera. Our method, based on blurring the image on the SPAD array and computational sensor fusion, reconstructs time-resolved images at significantly higher spatial resolution than the SPAD input, upsampling numerical data by a factor $$12 \times 12$$ 12 × 12 , and demonstrating up to $$4 \times 4$$ 4 × 4 upsampling of experimental data. We demonstrate the technique for both LIDAR applications and FLIM of fluorescent cancer cells. This technique paves the way to high spatial resolution SPAD imaging or, equivalently, FLIM imaging with conventional microscopes at frame rates accelerated by more than an order of magnitude.

Multiple phase transitions investigated by high-speed TEM

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 550-551
Author(s):  
Oleg Bostanjoglo ◽  
Peter Thomsen-Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Short Exposure ◽  
Semiconductor Film ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Short Exposure Time ◽  
Multiple Phase ◽  
Model Substance ◽  
History Of ◽  
Electron Image

Thin GexTe1-x (x = 0.15-0.8) were studied as a model substance of a composite semiconductor film, in addition being of interest for optical storage material. Two complementary modes of time-resolved TEM were used to trace the phase transitions, induced by an attached Q-switched (50 ns FWHM) and frequency doubled (532 nm) Nd:YAG laser. The laser radiation was focused onto the specimen within the TEM to a 20 μm spot (FWHM). Discrete intermediate states were visualized by short-exposure time doubleframe imaging /1,2/. The full history of a transformation was gained by tracking the electron image intensity with photomultiplier and storage oscilloscopes (space/time resolution 100 nm/3 ns) /3/. In order to avoid radiation damage by the probing electron beam to detector and specimen, the beam is pulsed in this continuous mode of time-resolved TEM,too.Short events ( <2 μs) are followed by illuminating with an extended single electron pulse (fig. 1c)

scholarly journals Ultracompact and low-power-consumption silicon thermo-optic switch for high-speed data

Nanophotonics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 937-945
Author(s):  
Ruihuan Zhang ◽  
Yu He ◽  
Yong Zhang ◽  
Shaohua An ◽  
Qingming Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Low Power ◽  
High Speed ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Pulse Amplitude ◽  
Telecommunication Networks ◽  
Low Power Consumption ◽  
Power Efficient ◽  
High Speed Data ◽  
On Chip

AbstractUltracompact and low-power-consumption optical switches are desired for high-performance telecommunication networks and data centers. Here, we demonstrate an on-chip power-efficient 2 × 2 thermo-optic switch unit by using a suspended photonic crystal nanobeam structure. A submilliwatt switching power of 0.15 mW is obtained with a tuning efficiency of 7.71 nm/mW in a compact footprint of 60 μm × 16 μm. The bandwidth of the switch is properly designed for a four-level pulse amplitude modulation signal with a 124 Gb/s raw data rate. To the best of our knowledge, the proposed switch is the most power-efficient resonator-based thermo-optic switch unit with the highest tuning efficiency and data ever reported.

scholarly journals On-chip trans-dimensional plasmonic router

Nanophotonics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 3357-3365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaohua Dong ◽  
Qing Zhang ◽  
Guangtao Cao ◽  
Jincheng Ni ◽  
Ting Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Incident Angle ◽  
Reciprocal Lattice ◽  
Plasmonic Waveguide ◽  
Optical Diffraction ◽  
Local Dynamic ◽  
Phase Gradient ◽  
On Chip ◽  
Plasmon Polaritons

AbstractPlasmons, as emerging optical diffraction-unlimited information carriers, promise the high-capacity, high-speed, and integrated photonic chips. The on-chip precise manipulations of plasmon in an arbitrary platform, whether two-dimensional (2D) or one-dimensional (1D), appears demanding but non-trivial. Here, we proposed a meta-wall, consisting of specifically designed meta-atoms, that allows the high-efficiency transformation of propagating plasmon polaritons from 2D platforms to 1D plasmonic waveguides, forming the trans-dimensional plasmonic routers. The mechanism to compensate the momentum transformation in the router can be traced via a local dynamic phase gradient of the meta-atom and reciprocal lattice vector. To demonstrate such a scheme, a directional router based on phase-gradient meta-wall is designed to couple 2D SPP to a 1D plasmonic waveguide, while a unidirectional router based on grating metawall is designed to route 2D SPP to the arbitrarily desired direction along the 1D plasmonic waveguide by changing the incident angle of 2D SPP. The on-chip routers of trans-dimensional SPP demonstrated here provide a flexible tool to manipulate propagation of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) and may pave the way for designing integrated plasmonic network and devices.

scholarly journals Dual-shot dynamics and ultimate frequency of all-optical magnetic recording on GdFeCo

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sicong Wang ◽  
Chen Wei ◽  
Yuanhua Feng ◽  
Hongkun Cao ◽  
Wenzhe Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetization Reversal ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Data Transfer ◽  
Laser Pulses ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
All Optical ◽  
Fs Laser ◽  
High Speed Data ◽  
Natural Way

AbstractAlthough photonics presents the fastest and most energy-efficient method of data transfer, magnetism still offers the cheapest and most natural way to store data. The ultrafast and energy-efficient optical control of magnetism is presently a missing technological link that prevents us from reaching the next evolution in information processing. The discovery of all-optical magnetization reversal in GdFeCo with the help of 100 fs laser pulses has further aroused intense interest in this compelling problem. Although the applicability of this approach to high-speed data processing depends vitally on the maximum repetition rate of the switching, the latter remains virtually unknown. Here we experimentally unveil the ultimate frequency of repetitive all-optical magnetization reversal through time-resolved studies of the dual-shot magnetization dynamics in Gd27Fe63.87Co9.13. Varying the intensities of the shots and the shot-to-shot separation, we reveal the conditions for ultrafast writing and the fastest possible restoration of magnetic bits. It is shown that although magnetic writing launched by the first shot is completed after 100 ps, a reliable rewriting of the bit by the second shot requires separating the shots by at least 300 ps. Using two shots partially overlapping in space and minimally separated by 300 ps, we demonstrate an approach for GHz magnetic writing that can be scaled down to sizes below the diffraction limit.

Mobility aware of WDM-based CMO OFDM communication system

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saad M. Hardan ◽  
Ayad A. Abdulkafi ◽  
Saadi Hamad Thalij ◽  
Sherine S. Jumaah
Keyword(s):  
Wavelength Division Multiplexing ◽  
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Access Point ◽  
Mobile Users ◽  
Visible Light Communications ◽  
Optical Wireless Communications ◽  
High Data ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The continued increase in several mobile applications forces to replace existing limited spectrum indoor radio frequency wireless connections with high-speed ones. Visible light communications (VLC) technology has gained prominence in the development of high data rate transmission for fifth-generation networks. In optical wireless communications, light-emitting diode (LED) transmitters are used in applications that desire mobility as LED divergence enables larger coverage. Since each VLC access point covers a small area, handovers of mobile users are inevitable. Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) can be used in VLC systems to tackle the above issue and to meet the increasing demand for indoor connectivity with high bit rates. In this paper, a new system architecture for WDM with coded modulated optical in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) VLC system in conjunction with red, green, blue, and yellow (RGBY) LEDs is proposed to reduce the impact of random receiver orientation of indoor mobile users over VLC downlink channels and improves the system’s bit-error-rate (BER) performance. Simulation results show that the proposed method is not affected by the user’s mobility and hence it performs better than other approaches, in terms of BER for all scenarios and at all positions. This study reveals that using WDM-OFDM-VLC with RGBY LEDs to construct a VLC system is very promising.

High-Speed On-Chip Event Counters for Embedded Systems

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nilanjan Mukherjee ◽  
Artur Pogiel ◽  
Janusz Rajski ◽  
Jerzy Tyszer
Keyword(s):  
Embedded Systems ◽  
High Speed ◽  
On Chip
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