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- Feng, Yifan, et al.
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Fractal Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors and Their Applications in Imaging
- 2022
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 2022 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO/PR 2022. - : Optica Publishing Group.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- We present our research on fractal superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors and their applications in light detection and ranging (LiDAR), full-Stokes polarimetric imaging, and non-line-of-sight imaging.
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- Feng, Yifan, et al.
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Fractal Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors and Their Applications in Imaging
- 2022
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Ingår i: 2022 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2022 - Proceedings. - : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- We present our research on fractal superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors and their applications in light detection and ranging (LiDAR), full-Stokes polarimetric imaging, and non-line-of-sight imaging.
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- Hu, Nan, et al.
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Full-Stokes polarimetric measurements and imaging using a fractal superconducting nanowire single-photon detector
- 2022
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Ingår i: Optica. - : Optica Publishing Group. - 2334-2536. ; 9:4, s. 346-351
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Measuring the states of polarization (SoP) of light is fundamentally important for applications ranging from communication, sensing, spectroscopy, imaging, to navigation. Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are ideal detectors of choice for faint-light detection and measurements, but SNSPDs themselves cannot resolve the SoP of photons. Here, based on a fractal SNSPD, we demonstrate a full-Stokes polarimetric measurement system that can measure arbitrary SoP of faint light. The measured SoPs are in excellent agreement with those of a state-of-the-art commercial polarimeter, but the sensitivity of our system reaches -86.6 dBm, which is 26.6 dB better than that of the commercial counterpart. As a direct application, we further demonstrate remote polarimetric imaging (i.e., polarimetric LiDAR) with a complete set of polarimetric contrast.
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- Hu, Nan, et al.
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Photon-Counting LIDAR Based on a Fractal SNSPD
- 2021
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Ingår i: 2021 OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION (OFC). - : IEEE.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- We report on a photon-counting LIDAR system based on a polarization-insensitive fractal SNSPD with high detection efficiency and high timing resolution, and showcase depth imaging of an object at 1560 nm with millimeter depth resolution.
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- Hu, Xiaolong, et al.
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Fractal superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors and their applications in polarimetric imaging
- 2024
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Ingår i: Advanced Photon Counting Techniques XVIII. - : SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper, we review the research and development of the fractal superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs), including our demonstrations of high-performance devices and systems with over 80% system detection efficiency, negligibly low residual polarization sensitivity, and low timing jitter. Using the fractal SNSPDs, we demonstrate full-Stokes polarimetric imaging LiDAR.
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- Meng, Yun, et al.
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Fractal Superconducting Nanowires Detect Infrared Single Photonswith 84% System Detection Efficiency, 1.02 Polarization Sensitivity,and 20.8 ps Timing Resolution br
- 2022
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Ingår i: ACS Photonics. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 2330-4022. ; 9:5, s. 1547-1553
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The near-unity system detection efficiency (SDE) and excellent timing resolution of superconducting nanowiresingle-photon detectors (SNSPDs), combined with their other merits, have enabled many classical and quantum photonicapplications. However, the prevalent design based on meandering nanowires makes SDE dependent on the polarization states of theincident photons; for unpolarized light, the major merit of high SDE would get compromised, which could be detrimental to photon-starved applications. Here, we create SNSPDs with an arced fractal geometry that almost completely eliminates this polarizationdependence of the SDE, and we experimentally demonstrate 84 +/- 3% SDE, 1.02-0.02+0.06polarization sensitivity at the wavelength of1575 nm, and 20.8 ps timing jitter in a 0.1 W closed-cycle Gifford-McMahon cryocooler, at the base temperature of 2.0 K. Thisdemonstration provides a novel, practical device structure of SNSPDs, allowing for operation in the visible, near-infrared, and mid-infrared spectral ranges, and paves the way for polarization-insensitive single-photon detection with high SDE and high timingresolution.
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- Yang, Mei Jie, et al.
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Expression and activity of critical digestive enzymes during early larval development of the veined rapa whelk, Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846)
- 2020
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Ingår i: Aquaculture. - : Elsevier BV. - 0044-8486. ; 519
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Metamorphosis is a vital developmental event in the life cycle of molluscs and involves extensive morphological and physiological changes. Remodeling of the digestive system is suggested to occur anticipatorily to enable the larva to shift its diet (from filter feeding on microalgae to feeding on small bivalves) after metamorphosis. Changes in the profiles and activities of digestive enzymes, the main executors of digestion, can reflect substantial remodeling of the digestive system. Artificial aquaculture of Rapana venosa, an important commercial shellfish in China, has been hampered because the transition of its food habit during metamorphosis makes determining the timing and dose for bait regulation difficult. In the present study, full-length cDNA sequences encoding cellulase and trypsin were characterized, and cellulase and trypsin mRNA expression levels were analyzed. Additionally, patterns in the activities of six digestive enzymes, including trypsin and cellulase, were investigated throughout the early developmental stage of R. venosa. In the present study, the full-length cDNA of the cellulase gene, comprising 2,086 bp, was found to contain a 1,719-bp open reading frame encoding 572 amino acids, and the full-length cDNA of the trypsin gene was found to be 1,587 bp in length and contained an 855-bp open reading frame encoding 284 amino acids. Quantitative real-time PCR showed that the cellulase levels in R. venosa increased beginning at the early intramembrane veliger stage, whereas cellulase activity was significantly increased in the one-spiral whorl stage. The mRNA expression and activity of trypsin were greatly increased in the juvenile stage (postlarva), whereas those of cellulase were decreased during this stage, which indicated functional changes in the digestive system during larval food habit transition. Our results showed that remodeling of the digestive system occurs prior to metamorphosis and suggest that animal bait should be provided as early as possible to R. venosa in the four-spiral whorl stage to meet its nutritional requirements for the development of its digestive system and to ensure successful metamorphosis of competent larvae.
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- Zou, Kai, et al.
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Fractal superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors working in dual bands and their applications in free-space and underwater hybrid LIDAR
- 2023
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Ingår i: Optics Letters. - : Optica Publishing Group. - 0146-9592 .- 1539-4794. ; 48:2, s. 415-418
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We demonstrate a fiber-coupled fractal superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) system with minimum polarization dependence of detection efficiency. Its system detection efficiency (SDE) was maximized at the wavelength of 1540 nm, which was measured to be 91 +/- 4%; furthermore, we observed the second local maximum of SDE at the wavelength of 520 nm, which was measured to be 61 +/- 2%. This dual-band feature of SDE was due to the enhancement of the optical absorptance by two longitudinal resonance modes of the micro-cavity. By using high SDE with minimum polarization dependence in these two bands, we implemented a hybrid LIDAR for imaging the remote objects in free space and under water.
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