A hybrid micro-macro-optical shuffle interconnection approach is described. The new concept minimizes distortion in multichip smart-pixel shuffle interconnection systems that use macro-optics to link dense arrays of vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) sources and matching arrays of detectors. The typical narrow-beam cones of VCSEL's are exploited by use of beam-deflecting micro-optic...

In this paper the need for standardized benchmarks for network processors are discussed. Benchmarks are important for developers of high performance network related hardware who need to decide upon which Network Processor to use. The difference between application level benchmarks and micro level benchmarks are discussed. High quality micro level benchmarks are proposed as a way of easily assem...

Microblogging, as a typical representative of social networking applications, its advantages in interpersonal communication and information dissemination are very obvious. At present, micro-blog has become an important enterprise information dissemination channels and customer management tools. In this paper, based on the construction of enterprise microblogging knowledge network, combined with...

Differences between Navier-Stokes-Fourier (NSF) slip/jump solutions and direct simulation Monte-Carlo (DSMC) computations are highlighted for a micro lid-driven cavity problem. The results indicate a need for better modelling techniques which at the same time retain low computational cost of NSF models. We also highlight the fact that many micro-flows that have been considered are simple planar...

Cavity-enhanced single-photon emission in the blue spectral region was measured from single InGaN/GaN quantum dots. The low-Q microcavities used were characterized using micro-reflectance spectroscopy where the source was the enhanced blue output from a photonic crystal fibre. Micro-photoluminescence was observed from several cavities and found to be ~10 times stronger than typical InGaN quantu...

With diameter close to the wavelength of the guided light and high index contrast between the fiber and the surrounding, an optical micro-fiber shows a variety of interesting waveguiding properties, including widely tailorable optical confinement, strong evanescent fields and waveguide dispersion. Among various micro-fiber applications, optical sensing has been attracting increasing research in...

The performance of bio-chemical sensing devices has been greatly improved by the development of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) based sensors. Advancements in micro- and nano-fabrication technologies have led to a variety of structures in SPR sensing systems being proposed. In this review, SPR sensors (from typical Kretschmann prism configurations to fiber sensor schemes) with micro- or nano-st...

In this sample paper, we describe and provide a novel Microstructured optical fiber for FTTH, which has 12 holes in its cladding. The fiber has very good bending properties. The bending losses of the novel Micro-structured fibers at the conditions of 2mm bendingradius are less than 0.1 dB at 1550 nm wavelength. The typical PMD of the novel Microstructure fibers are 0.062ps/km1/2.The splice loss...

This paper introduces an automatic bond graph design method based on genetic programming for the evolutionary design of micro-resonator. First, the system-level behavioral model is discussed, which based on genetic programming and bond graph. Then, the geometry parameters of components are automatically optimized, by using the genetic algorithm with constraints. To illustrate this approach, a t...

In this paper, a path planner is proposed for a fixed wing micro air vehicle (MAV), in the framework of fuzzy quadtrees. It is shown that a fuzzy version of the quadtree planner is apt for micro air vehicle applications with severe space, power and budgetary constraints. The algorithm can significantly reduce both space and time complexity and still yield an optimal and safe path for the vehicl...