Developing a novel radical source for cold, controlled reaction studies by Wu, LY

“…The magnetic focusing effect was also demonstrated on a beam of OH molecules using an imaging system.</p> <p>The control of the alignment of radicals in space was also explored in the studies of the adsorption of O2 on a Cu(111) surface using an alignment-controlled beam. …”

Performance Characterization of High-Density Electrospray Thrusters by Corrado, Matthew N., Wangari, Charity, Finch, Michael R., Parameswaran, Lalitha, Cook, Matthew, Holihan, Eric C., Mathews, Richard, Kedzierski, Jakub, Racz, Livia M., Smith, Melissa A., Lozano, Paulo C.

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Ultra-thin bulk silicon thinning of advanced microprocessors & graphics processors fabricated in Sub-20 nm technology by Teo, Wee Siang

“…In particular, initial fault isolation techniques exploit infrared laser beams to probe the circuitry through silicon thinned mechanically to 50 um. …”
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OAM-based reconfigurable doppler shifts enable PAPR reduction for multi-carrier doppler diversity by Zhao, Yufei, Ge, Yao, Yang, Zhaojie, Ju, Gaohua, Ma, Lu, Lu, Yilong, Guan, Yong Liang

“…In a recent study, we discovered that even when the transceivers are stationary, a specific spatial Doppler shift can be generated by rotating the wavefront structure of the OAM helical beams. Furthermore, arbitrary integer rotational OAM Doppler shifts can be realized flexibly by using the recently popular digital encoding metasurfaces. …”
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Tunable quantum cascade lasers for midinfrared spectroscopic sensing by Li, Jinghao

“…Based on this beam combined tunable QCL array, we develop a portable sensor that integrates the modules of drivers, optical sensing, and signal processing in a box. …”
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Exploiting dynamic bifurcation in elastic ribbons for mode skipping and selection by Huang, Weicheng, Yu, Tian, Vella, Dominic, Hsia, K. Jimmy, Liu, Mingchao

“…The planar beam model is also employed for the asymptotic analysis of dynamic snap-through behaviors. …”
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Impact resistance of reinforced concrete members by Low, Kun Sheng

“…In this paper, we shall compare the impact resistance of 5 types of concrete beam. These 5 types of concrete beam are: 1) Normal concrete; 2) Normal concrete with steel fibre reinforcement; 3) Lightweight concrete; 4) Lightweight concrete with steel fibre reinforcement; 5) Normal concrete with steel fibre reinforcement and engineered cementitious composite protective layer. …”
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Essays on development economics by Wang, Wen

“…The estimation results remain robust when subjected to further checks and sensitivity tests. In addition, we consider alternative channels including pathogen stress, historical population density and colonization, which may also influence the degree of institutionalized democracy via the cultural dimension of collectivism / individualism. …”
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Cold atoms laboratory in a hollow core fiber by Leong, Wui Seng

“…Cold $^{85}\text{Rb}$ atoms of temperature $\sim$\SI{6}{\micro\kelvin} are loaded into a Kagome type photonic crystal hollow-core fiber (HCF) through an optical trapping beam coupled into the HCF. I first demonstrate an inertia-sensitive Mach-Zehnder atom interferometer using two counter-propagating Raman beams. …”
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100 THz optical switching with plasmonic metamaterial by Venkatram, Nalla, Stefano, Vezzol, João, Valente, Sun, Handong, Nikolay, Zheludev

“…Alloptical modulation is control of the phase or intensity of one light beam by another.1 Although modulation can be achieved using nonlinear optical materials, it can be also obtained using constructive or destructive interference of a coherent beam. …”
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Non-contact actuated snap-through buckling of a pre-buckled bistable hard-magnetic elastica by Zhang, Yingchao, Ma, Yinji, Yu, Jing, Gao, Huajian

“…We identify an optimal position for the single M−interface and direction for the uniform actuation field for pre-buckled beams with two-ends fixed, which can reduce the required actuation field for snapping to nearly half in comparison with the symmetric cases. …”
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Investigation of low coherence interferometry techniques for biomedical applications by Chow, Tzu Hao

“…A common-path LCI system was incorporated into an optical tweezers system. The light beams of LCI and optical tweezers are collinear, thereby ensuring a good axial accuracy. …”
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Engineering quantum control with optical transitions induced by twisted light fields by Zanon-Willette, Thomas, Impens, François, Arimondo, Ennio, Wilkowski, David, Taichenachev, Aleksei V., Yudin, Valeriy I.

“…A form of quantum control is proposed by applying twisted light, also known as optical vortex beams, to drive ultranarrow atomic transitions in neutral Ca, Mg, Yb, Sr, Hg, and Cd bosonic isotopes. …”
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A type of novel energy harvesting device by Deng, J

“…</p> <p>This has led to the development of a new mechanical system which consists of a central shim with four identical beams bonded by two blocks and magnetic buttons. …”

Dynamic fracture mechanics of FRP-concrete interface by Li, Gen

“…The model was applied in finite element analysis (FEA) of various dynamic tests with FRP-concrete interface bond, e.g. single-lap shear tests, three-point bending tests, FRP strengthened RC beams subjected to dynamic loading and an FRP strengthened RC wall under blast load. …”
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Hybrid free space optics/radio frequency communication for next generation wireless networks by Sharma, Shubha

“…Free space optical (FSO) communication is a point to point transmission using laser beams that supports high data rate (up to GBPS) for short range transmission up to few kilometers. …”
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A signal through the noise: accurate determination of hydrogen atom positions in crystal structures and optimisation of Laue neutron diffraction methods by Sackman, GA

“…This focuses on:</p> <p>Recommendations for the efficient collection of Laue neutron data, in order to optimise the data set completeness and awarded beam-time; strategic considerations for how to best answer the scientific question(s) at hand in a Laue neutron experiment, whilst planning against future contingencies; improving methods for crystal packing and shipping, particularly for air and moisture sensitive materials; discussing issues arising from ice forming on the crystal during a Laue neutron diffraction experiment, and methods for minimising this problem; more effectively modelling disorder using ring shapes, in the crystallographic refinement package CRYSTALS; providing rationale for Laue neutron specific checkCIF comments.…”

A study on the use of femtosecond laser to perform surface polishing on a selective laser melting manufactured type 316L stainless steel by Ong, Kenrick Jin Hao

“…The laser is an ultra-short pulsed Ti:Sapphire diode laser which removes material by ablation. The problem is to check the effects of femtosecond (fs) laser used on laser polishing of a SLM SS316L sample. …”
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Development of mixed pitch grating for the optical addressing of trapped Sr+ Ion with data analysis techniques by Lim, Yu Dian, Zhao, Peng, Hu, Liangxing, Guidoni, Luca, Likforman, Jean-Pierre, Tan, Chuan Seng

“…Mixed pitch grating delivers light beam with smaller beam waist (17.4 μm) compared to the fixed pitch grating (26.4 μm), exhibiting ~34% beam waist reduction.…”
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Evaluation of the music collection at the National Institute of Education Library by Yu, Bee Lian.

“…However, the Library fared relatively better, with 71.5% holdings, when a list of "Recommended Readings/References" drawn up by the Institute's academic staff was list-checked.…”
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