Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) are superconducting detectors that sense the change in the surface impedance of a thin superconducting film when Cooper Pairs are broken by using a high quality factor resonant circuit. We are developing strip detectors that have aluminum MKID sensors on both ends of a rectangular tantalum strip. These devices can provide one dimensional spatial im...

The advent of low-cost handheld infrared (IR) thermometers has led to a proliferation of non-contact temperature measurement in the food, building, and lowtemperature processing industries. However, these instruments are not as simple to use as they first appear due to systematic effects that are present in almost all measurements. This technical guide provides information relating to the calib...

In this report we develop an indoor infrared (IR) channel model and use it to study optimum configurations for quasi−diffuse multi−spot IR wireless communications. By means of these simulation tools we show how we can reduce multi−path effects and co− channel interference in order to improve detection for high−speed data rates. Introduction Recently there has been growing interest in InfraRed (...

This paper reports the recent progress on the development of double-cantilever infrared (IR) detectors, including the fabrication, the post-process urvature control, and also the first-time demonstration of thermal detection using capacitive-based IR focal plane arrays (FPAs). In this work, implified double-cantilever IR FPAs based on bimaterial SiNx/Al and Al/SiNx cantilevers are fabricated us...

We believe the techniques for evaluating clone detectors can be improved, and that the improvements can lead the way to better clone detector research and research results. Current techniques are based on simple performance measures borrowed from information retrieval (IR) research. Here we argue that additional IR evaluation measures can be usefully imported. 1. Limitations of current research...

We report an experimental and theoretical study to optimize the geometry of far-IR photoconductive detectors with diffraction-limited throughput. Factors considered in this optimization include internal optical path relative to measured absorption length, photoconductive gain, uniformity of illumination, cosmic ray cross section, and compatibility of the design with the requirements of 1and 2-D...

While metasurface-based intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) are an important emerging technology for future generations of wireless connectivity in its own right, plans the mass deployment these motivate question their integration with other new and technologies that would require such widespread deployment. This vision communication systems as invaluable component public health motivated our...