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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Joris J. Carmiggelt, Iacopo Bertelli, Roland W. Mulder, Annick Teepe, Mehrdad Elyasi, Brecht G. Simon, Gerrit E. W. Bauer, Yaroslav M. Blanter, Toeno van der Sar
Summary: Quantum sensing is a branch of quantum science and technology that aims to measure physical quantities with high resolution, sensitivity, and dynamic range. In this study, the authors use electron spins in diamond as magnetic field sensors and couple them with a thin-film magnet to achieve broadband microwave detection. They exploit the non-linear spin-wave dynamics of the magnet to convert target microwave signals to the sensor-spin frequency and enable sensing and high-fidelity spin control over a gigahertz bandwidth.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
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Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Doudou Zheng, Qimeng Wang, Xiaocheng Wang, Xuemin Wang, Yanjun Li, Yasuhiro Sugawara, Li Qin, Xiaoming Zhang, Yunbo Shi, Jun Tang, Hao Guo, Zongmin Ma, Jun Liu
Summary: In this study, wireless microwave technology was successfully applied to NV magnetometer systems, improving magnetic-field sensitivity and enabling remote heart sound recording.
IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Zhongjun Ma, Yanlong Zheng, Xiaobao Zhao, Jianchun Li, Jian Zhao
Summary: This article presents the design of a dielectric-loaded converging waveguide antenna (DLCWA) that has unparalleled advantages for microwave fracturing of low loss hard rocks.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Dongxu Chen, Xizhao Liu, Sang Ye, Wanchen Yang, Wenquan Che, Quan Xue
Summary: A novel windmill-shaped metasurface (MTS) structure is proposed for broadband antennas with stable radiation patterns. The windmill-shaped MTS structure is formed by triangular sawtooth slots, which leads to a stable broadside radiation within a large bandwidth of 45.9%. The antennas designed with the proposed structure achieve large impedance bandwidths over 40% and stable radiations.
IET MICROWAVES ANTENNAS & PROPAGATION
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Composites
Ruiyang Tan, Fangkun Zhou, Ping Chen, Baoshan Zhang, Jintang Zhou
Summary: This study reports a strategy for step-by-step synthesis of PANI/FeCo@C composite microspheres, which significantly improves the microwave absorption performance through multiple loss mechanisms. By optimizing the microsphere structure and introducing multiple interference, the effective absorption bandwidth was successfully extended to 11.81 GHz.
COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Bryan Treguer, Thierry Le Gouguec, Pierre-Marie Martin, Rozenn Allanic, Cedric Quendo
Summary: This paper presents the characterization and demonstration of silicon propagation channel control in the wireless network concept at 60 GHz. The aim is to transmit signals in a large frequency band for Networks-on-Chip communication. Slot antennas were designed and measured in the frequency band [30-67 GHz]. The results show the interest of controlling the propagation channel and demonstrate large bandwidths.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Hui Ji, Guoliang Dai, Jianying Chen, Hengyu Zhang, Zheng Chen, Ni Wang, Hong Xiao
Summary: This study prepared glass-coated amorphous magnetic microwires (GAWs) in the form of filament fibers (LFs) and short fibers (SFs) with different electromagnetic (EM) performance. LFs acted as EM shielding materials, while SFs demonstrated excellent microwave-absorbing (MA) properties. The MA properties of SFs could be controlled by adjusting their length, content, and lamination.
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Raja Usman Tariq, Ming Ye, Xiao-Long Zhao, Song-Chang Zhang, Zhi Cao, Yong-Ning He
Summary: This research discusses the in-depth development of ice detection using a microstrip patch antenna, which can reduce ice sensing cost and provide a potential solution for ice accretion detection.
IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Shansu Li, Wenjing Mo, Haowen Sun, Yuan Liu, Qi Wang
Summary: The application of three-dimensional porous foam structures synthesized with flaky carbonyl iron-MXene lamellae in wireless electronic devices can effectively reduce electromagnetic pollution. The hierarchical foams, fabricated through melamine-formaldehyde foam as a substrate, provide numerous heterogeneous interfaces and optimize impedance matching. The construction of consecutive electromagnetic networks and the honeycomb-like structure of the composite foam enhance dielectric loss, magnetic loss, and microwave attenuation ability, exhibiting superior microwave absorption performance with a minimum reflection loss of -61.4 dB and a maximum effective absorption band of 7.18 GHz.
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Rui Wu, Jian-Hong Lin, Fu-Chang Chen, Quan Xue
Summary: A broadband dual-polarised antenna with L-shaped strips is proposed for LTE/5G networks in this article. The antenna achieves wide bandwidth using the principle of multi-mode resonance and metal strips. It also features miniaturisation by printing both the strips and dipoles on the same substrate. The prototype shows good performance with a relative bandwidth of 74%, isolation of more than 24 dB, and an in-band average gain of 9 dBi.
IET MICROWAVES ANTENNAS & PROPAGATION
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Haidong Chen, Sen Lin, Wenquan Che, Quan Xue
Summary: This study presents single- and dual-frequency antennas for hepatic microwave ablation. The antennas are designed and analyzed using full-wave electromagnetic simulation and transient thermal simulation. Experimental results show that the proposed antennas have better performance in terms of specific absorption rate (SAR) pattern and control of ablation zone shape.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION
(2022)
Article
Polymer Science
Yanfang Zhao, Aichun Long, Pengfei Zhao, Lusheng Liao, Rui Wang, Gaorong Li, Bingbing Wang, Xiaoxue Liao, Rentong Yu, Jianhe Liao
Summary: Carbon microtubes fabricated from kapok fiber exhibit excellent microwave absorbing performance, with the potential to dissipate over 90% of incident electromagnetic waves in a broad frequency range by controlling carbonization temperature or tube thickness.
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Xuelei Yang, Fengyuan Gan, Dun Lan, Xiangshuo Shang, Yi Zhou, Wei Li
Summary: This article introduces a low-cost and highly compatible microwave sensor that has great potential in environmental monitoring, food safety, and biomedical diagnostics. By using the Fano-resonant spiral dipole antenna, ultrahigh FOM microwave sensors are successfully realized, with Sensing FOM values more than nine times higher than other sensors.
IEEE ANTENNAS AND WIRELESS PROPAGATION LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Composites
Mengfei Feng, Kaifu Zhang, Hui Cheng, Yuan Li, Bo Liu, Biao Liang
Summary: This study designs and fabricates a bioinspired nanocomposite material inspired by the special microstructures of papilio palinurus's wing and beetle's elytra. The synthesized nanocomposites exhibit excellent broadband microwave absorption and good mechanical properties. The optimized bioinspired nanocomposite metamaterial possesses a 31.7 GHz effective absorption bandwidth, -47 dB minimum reflection loss, and a thickness of only 6 mm, with a compressive strength of 33.78 MPa. This research provides an efficient way for designing new materials with excellent broadband microwave absorption performance and good mechanical properties.
COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Despoina Kampouridou, Alexandros Feresidis
Summary: This study introduces a technique for enhancing the gain and input impedance bandwidth of periodically corrugated metallic antennas in the THz range, known as Bull's Eye antennas. By utilizing a dual-depth design, the gain bandwidth is expanded, leading to improved performance demonstrated through simulations and measurements.
Article
Optics
Xinrui Lei, Luping Du, Xiaocong Yuan, Qiwen Zhan
Summary: Photonic skyrmions and merons are topological quasiparticles with nontrivial electromagnetic textures, which have great potential in manipulating light-matter interactions and deep-subwavelength imaging. In this study, the topological stability of photonic spin meron lattices is demonstrated by inducing a perturbation to break the C4 symmetry, revealing the metastability of photonic meron. The spin topology is verified through the interference of plasmonic vortices with a broken rotational symmetry, providing new insights into optical topological quasiparticles.
Article
Optics
Junna Yao, Xinhua Jiang, Jialang Zhang, Anting Wang, Qiwen Zhan
Summary: The high-order Poincare sphere introduces a mapping for representing vector beams with homogeneous ellipticity by a specific point on its surface. This study proposes a quantitative detection method for high-order Poincare sphere beams by introducing nonuniform polarization bases in the high-order Stokes parameters. The overall polarization detection is achieved by separating and measuring the intensity of different nonuniform polarization bases using an S-plate. The polarization evolution of the high-order Poincare sphere beams is demonstrated using the S-plate. These results provide new insights into the generation, evolution, and detection of arbitrary beams on the high-order Poincare sphere.
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Haifeng Hu, Zhuo Chen, Qian Cao, Qiwen Zhan
Summary: In this article, a wavelength-tunable and OAM-switchable ultrafast fiber laser is demonstrated, which can emit vortex beam outputs with a topological charge of l = +1 or l = -1 and the center wavelength can be continuously tuned. The obtained output pulse has a high pulse energy and a compressed pulse duration. This laser can emit OAM-switchable output with a shorter pulse duration and a broad wavelength tuning range, providing potential for more sophisticated and customizable laser outputs by adding polarization control elements.
IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Optics
Jian Chen, Siyu Kuai, Guoliang Chen, Lihua Yu, Qiwen Zhan
Summary: This study numerically analyzes the tightly focusing characteristics of higher-order spatiotemporal optical vortices (STOVs) and presents a method to dynamically modulate their transverse orbital angular momentum. The simulation results show that when the waist radius of the incident wave packet is larger than 40% of the pupil radius of the focusing lens, the higher-order STOVs split into two first-order vortices. The spacing of the split vortices can be tailored by adjusting the waist radius of the incident wave packet. The presented method provides a flexible way to engineer spatiotemporal vortices in tightly focused wave packets.
Article
Physics, Applied
Junna Yao, Xiahua Jiang, Xiangle Li, Jialang Zhang, Qiwen Zhan, Anting Wang
Summary: We demonstrate a cascaded mode converter composed of q-plates and half waveplates for generating high-order Poincare sphere (HOPS) beams of different orders. The converter enables reliable and switchable generation of multiple HOPS beams with exponential growth in the available number of orders. The local polarization state and order of the HOPS beams can be used as two degrees of freedom to encode 2 bits of information. This method opens up possibilities for generating multiple and ultrahigh order Poincare sphere beams, with potential applications in communication systems.
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Physics, Applied
H. H. Fan, Y. P. Tai, H. H. Li, X. Z. Li, Q. W. Zhan
Summary: Structured light is a useful tool for particle manipulation, but creating the required structured light for arbitrary shapes is challenging. We propose a scheme that modifies the epicycle model in astrophysics to customize structured light freely and precisely. This method provides a simple and intuitive toolkit for designing structured light for complex tasks.
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Optics
Wei Qiu, Leiming Zhou, Yuchen Wang, Xiaoyun Jiang, Chan Huang, Lin Zhou, Qiwen Zhan, Jigang Hu
Summary: This study investigates the strong longitudinal coupling of three topological photonic states (TPSs) in a one-dimensional topological photonic crystal heterostructure embedded with a graphene monolayer in the visible frequencies. The results show that these three TPSs can strongly interact with each other in the longitudinal direction, leading to a large Rabi splitting in spectral response. The study demonstrates the potential for developing practical topological photonic devices for on-chip optical applications.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Liangliang Gu, Rong Shu, Xiangfeng Liu, Haifeng Hu, Qiwen Zhan
Summary: In this work, a diffractive circular dichroism enhancement technique using stereoscopic plasmonic molecule structures is proposed. The dominant chiral scattering mechanism is identified as the z-component of the electric dipole during the interaction between an individual plasmonic molecule and a grazing plane wave. Through the design of periodic plasmonic molecule structures, large diffractive circular dichroism can be achieved, which is validated by numerical simulations and experimental results. The proposed approach has potential application in enhanced spectroscopy techniques for measuring chiral information, crucial for fundamental physical and chemical research as well as bio-sensing applications.
Article
Optics
Yunqing Jiang, Hongqing LI, Xiaoqiang Zhang, Fan Zhang, Yong Xu, Yongguang Xiao, Fengguang Liu, Anting Wang, Qiwen Zhan, Weisheng Zhao
Summary: The Tamm plasmon coupling (TPC) between spin THz thin films and photonic crystal structures is achieved, resulting in enhanced THz radiation. Simulation results show that the absorptance of spin THz thin films with TPC can be increased from 36.8% to 94.3%. Experimental results demonstrate a 264% enhancement in THz radiation. This approach offers possibilities for ultrafast THz optospintronics and other similar devices.
PHOTONICS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Optics
Dong Yang, Haifeng Hu, Han Gao, Jian Chen, Qiwen Zhan
Summary: Tightly focused vector fields generated through high-numerical-aperture objectives are crucial in nano-optics research. The Mie scattering nanointerferometry technique accurately reconstructs these fields. This study theoretically proves that by collecting transmitted light with two orthogonal polarization states simultaneously, more information of the scattering field can be acquired when nanoparticles are used to scan the fields, making measurements more efficient.
Article
Physics, Applied
Junan Zhu, Hao Zhang, Zhiquan Hu, Xingyuan Lu, Qiwen Zhan, Yangjian Cai, Chengliang Zhao
Summary: In this study, we propose an experimental scheme that uses deep neural networks to recognize the topological charge of partially coherent vortex beams propagating through the turbulent atmosphere and encountering unknown obstacles. The deep neural network accurately recognizes the topological charges for low-coherence vortex beams using only half of the available dataset, and surpasses the accuracy of high-coherence vortex beams when considering the turbulent atmosphere and obstacles.
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Optics
Ni Zhang, Xinrui Lei, Jiachen Liu, Qiwen Zhan
Summary: This research proposes a continuous manipulation method for the topology of graphene plasmon skyrmions, which can be achieved by adjusting the electrotunable properties of graphene. The transformation of skyrmion number from 1 to 0.5 is evident, demonstrating the direct manipulation of graphene plasmon skyrmions. This work suggests a feasible way to flexibly control the topology of an optical skyrmionic field, which can be used for novel integrated photonic devices in the future.
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Xingyuan Lu, Zhuoyi Wang, Chengliang Zhao, Qiwen Zhan, Yangjian Cai
Summary: This study proposes a general incoherent modal decomposition method for partially coherent light fields and demonstrates its feasibility through experimentation. The method can be used to reconstruct average intensity, cross-spectral density, and orthogonal decomposition properties of partially coherent light fields, revealing the invariance of light fields and retrieving embedded information after propagation through complex media. Examples of Gaussian-shell-model beam and partially coherent Gaussian array are used to demonstrate the reconstruction and even prediction of second-order statistics. This method is expected to pave the way for applications of partially coherent light in optical imaging, optical encryption, and antiturbulence optical communication.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jacob Manzi, Ariel E. E. Weltner, Tony Varghese, Nicholas McKibben, Mia Busuladzic-Begic, David Estrada, Harish Subbaraman
Summary: This paper demonstrates the use of plasma-jet printing (PJP) to deposit thermoelectric nanoflakes onto flexible substrates at room temperature, with substantial improvements in material adhesion and flexibility observed. The printed films exhibit electrical conductivity of 2.5 x 10(3) S m(-1) and a power factor of 70 mu W m(-1) K-2 at room temperature. This advancement in plasma jet printing promotes not only the development of energy harvesting but also large-scale flexible electronics and sensors for space and commercial applications.
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Liuhao Zhu, Xiaohe Zhang, Guanghao Rui, Jun He, Bing Gu, Qiwen Zhan
Summary: This study presents a novel optical skipping rope technology that transfers transverse orbital angular momentum to trapped particles, enabling their rotation and specific orbital motion parallel to the optical axis. This innovative technology significantly increases the manipulation freedom of optical tweezers, holding great significance for optical manipulation, micromechanics, and celestial orbit mimicry applications.
