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Polymer Waveguide-Based Crossing Waveguides and Adiabatic-Tapered Directional Couplers for Fiber Compatible Optical Interconnect

IEEE Photonics Journal
Photonic integrated circuits have intrinsic merits of high integration, large bandwidth, and flexible design, which play an important role in optical communication systems for the interconnect. To increase the integration and routing of photonic circuits
Xiaofeng Liu, Quandong Huang, Bin Xiao, Quankeng Huang, Jiaqi Ran, Zhanxiong Qiu, Shijie Liang, Qingming Chen, Wenchao Jiang, Zhaoqiang Zheng, Xinyong Dong, Slawomir Ertman, Yuwen Qin   +12 more
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Functional Fibers in Soft Robotics: Advances in Material, Structural, and Systemic Tactics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Fiber‐form robotic systems offer a scalable pathway toward embodied intelligence in soft robotics. This review surveys functional fibers as material, structural, and systemic elements, highlighting advances in responsive materials, architectural programing, and fabrication strategies.
Joonhee Won, Jaehyun Jang, Hyeonseo Kim, Inyoung Choi, Steve Park, Seongjun Park   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bragg grating based integrated photonic Hilbert transformers

, 2013
Planar Bragg grating based photonic Hilbert transformers are experimentally demonstrated in this work. Planar Bragg gratings are utilized to implement a general Hilbert transform, a fractional order Hilbert transform and terahertz bandwidth Hilbert ...
Smith, P.G.R., Sima, C., J. C. Gates, Chaotan Sima, M. N. Zervas, Gates, J.C., P. G. R. Smith, Zervas, M.N.   +7 more
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3D Printing of Self‐Healing Polymers by Material Extrusion: A Process‐Centric Review of Setups, Parameters, and Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent advances in material extrusion 3D printing of self‐healing polymers, focusing on the interplay between material chemistry, rheology, hardware customization, and process optimization. Filament‐ and ink‐based extrusion strategies, multimaterial architectures, and postprocessing approaches are discussed for applications in ...
Antonio Pavone, Gianni Stano, Gianluca Percoco   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Autonomous Navigation of Pollen‐Inspired Magnetic Microrobots for Biomedical Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A sunflower pollen‐inspired magnetic microrobot enables controlled rolling navigation in vessel‐like environments. Its open geometry reduces hydrodynamic drag, while vision‐based closed‐loop control, shortest‐path planning, and reinforcement learning support target‐reaching and maze navigation with microrobot‐scale accuracy, highlighting a route toward
Ali Anil Demircali, Abdurrahim Yilmaz, Meysam Keshavarz, Jinshi Zhao, Ara Darzi, Eric Yeatman, Burak Temelkuran   +6 more
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Widely tunable and narrow-linewidth violet lasers enabled by UV-transparent materials

Nature Communications
Embedding multi-wavelength lasers in photonic waveguide circuits is of interest for next-generation ion traps, such as for miniaturizing optical clocks or upscaling ion-based quantum computing.
C. A. A. Franken, W. A. P. M. Hendriks, L. V. Winkler, A. R. do Nascimento Jr, A. van Rees, M. Dijkstra, S. Mardani, D. Kienzler, R. Dekker, J. van Kerkhof, P. J. M. van der Slot, S. M. García-Blanco, K.-J. Boller   +12 more
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Photonic Integrated Circuits for Satcom

, 2019
Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) are a key technology in the realization of laser satellite optical communication systems. Some PIC applications can build on existing fiber optic terrestial networks, other applications are satcom ...
Harmsma, P.J., Crowcombe, W.E., Dresscher, M.   +2 more
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Photonic Integrated Circuits [PDF]

, 2016
Integrated photonics generally is the integration of multiple lithographically defined photonic and electronic components and devices (e.g. lasers, detectors, waveguides passive structures, modulators, electronic control and optical interconnects) on a ...
Merritt, Scott, Krainak, Michael
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Flexible Sensors for Robotics Tactile Perception: A Review

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Flexible tactile sensing for robotics is reviewed through four interconnected dimensions. Physical mechanisms include piezoresistive, capacitive, piezoelectric, triboelectric, iontronic, and optical sensing. Structural design includes bioinspired, defect‐based, and MEMS‐based tactile systems.
Yu Song, Ying Chen, Yihao Chen, Xue Feng
wiley   +1 more source

Magnetically Actuated Microrobot for Drug Delivery: Current Progress and Challenges

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Magnetically actuated microrobots are reshaping targeted drug delivery through wireless propulsion, programmable materials, and localized therapeutic release. This review examines how fabrication, body material selection, structural architecture, loading mechanisms, and imaging‐guided control converge to enable microrobotic therapies while identifying ...
Yang Yang, David J. Cappelleri
wiley   +1 more source