Discovering light: an alternative approach to the teaching of optics and photonics in primary and secondary school [PDF]
We present a different approach to the teaching of optics in primary and secondary school which focuses on the development of hands-on experiments, enabling young students to have a closer look to optics and ...
Puerto, Daniel +4 more
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Study of banana preservation extension by UVC radiation in precise monitoring LED irradiation cavity
Ultraviolet C (UVC) radiation has been considered a possible option to alleviate the seriousness of black spots on bananas during preservation which help increase economic efficiency.
Thi-Thu-Ngoc Le +7 more
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Remote-controlled optics experiment for supporting senior high school and undergraduate teaching [PDF]
14th Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, ETOP 2017, 16 Aug. 2017, Hangzhou, China202308 bcvcVersion of RecordOthersThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University; The Quality Education FundPublishedVoR ...
Choy, SH, Leung, CW, Mak, CL, Jim, KL
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A series of novel Er3+-doped bismuth-germanate glasses containing different tungsten concentrations with a molar composition of 97.5[(75 − x)GeO2–25Bi2O3–(x)WO3]–2Sb2O3–0.5Er2O3 (x = 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 mol%) were fabricated.
Hüseyin Can Çamiçi +5 more
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Universal orbital angular momentum spectrum analyzer for beams
The orbital angular momentum (OAM) of beams provides a new dimension, and have already found lots of applications in various domains. Among such applications, the precisely and quantitatively diagnostic of intensity distributions among different OAM ...
Shiyao Fu +6 more
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Femtosecond tunable solitons up to 4.8 µm using soliton self-frequency shift in an InF3 fiber
A tunable ultrashort soliton pulse source reaching up to 4.8 µm is demonstrated based on a 2.8 µm femtosecond fiber laser coupled to a zirconium fluoride fiber amplifier followed by a small core indium fluoride fiber.
Jean-Christophe Gauthier +5 more
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High-performance γ-MnO2 Dual-Core, Pair-Hole Fiber for Ultrafast Photonics
Manganese dioxide (MnO2) is a widely used and well-studied 3-dimensional (3D) transition metal oxide, which has advantages in ultrafast optics due to large specific surface area, narrow bandgap, multiple pores, superior electron transfer capability, and ...
Xiaohui Li +12 more
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High-operating-temperature mid-infrared photodetectors via quantum dot gradient homojunction
Colloidal quantum dot gradient homojunction would effectively improve the detectivity of mid-infrared photodetector at high-operating temperatures, motivating interest in low-cost, solution-processed and high-performance mid-infrared photodetection.
Xiaomeng Xue +5 more
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Photonic crystal and photonic wire nano-photonics based on silicon on insulator [PDF]
Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) is a strong candidate for application in future planar waveguide integration technology, whether or not luminescence is extracted from the silicon.
De La Rue, Richard +28 more
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Graphene photonics for optical communications [PDF]
Graphene is a post-processed single platform compliant with silicon photonics or other platforms based on passive waveguides. Results on high speed optical modulators on both SOI and SiN and large bandwidth detectors are reported.
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