Publications related to Homodyne detection

Numerical and experimental investigations of a microwave interferometer for the negative ion source SPIDER

Ivo Furno, Rémy Jacquier, Riccardo Agnello

The electron density close to the extraction grids and the co-extracted electrons represent a crucial issue when operating negative ion sources for fusion reactors. An excessive electron density in the plasma expansion region can indeed inhibit the negativ ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2023

Improving time-resolution and sensitivity of in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of a powder catalyst by modulated excitation

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri, Filippo Buttignol

Ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (APXPS) is a powerful tool to characterize the surface structure of heterogeneous catalysts in situ. In order to improve the time resolution and the signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio of photoemission spectra, we ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2023

Highly Sensitive Detection of the Antidepressant Fluoxetine With an Extended Gate Field Effect Transistor

Mihai Adrian Ionescu, Shokoofeh Sheibani

Fluoxetine (FL) is one of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, which is used as an anti-depressant, as well as anti-panic drug. In this work, a sensor for label-free recognition of trace amounts of FL is introduced, which is based on an extended ga ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2022

Spectral Properties of the Signal in Phase-Sensitive Optical Time-Domain Reflectometry with Direct Detection

Luc Thévenaz, Marcelo Alfonso Soto Hernandez, Li Zhang, Xin Lu

The spectral properties of the Rayleigh backscattered traces measured by a phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometer (øOTDR) with direct detection are theoretically and experimentally analyzed. The spectrum of the measured øOTDR signal is found to ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2020

Wafer-level fabrication of individual solid-state nanopores for sensing single DNAs

Miao Zhang

For biomolecule sensing purposes a solid-state nanopore platform based on silicon has certain advantages as compared to nanopores on other substrates such as graphene, silicon nitride, silicon oxide etc Capitalizing on the developed CMOS technology, nanopo ...

2020

Revisiting Multivariate Lattices for Encrypted Signal Processing

Juan Ramón Troncoso-Pastoriza

Multimedia contents are inherently sensitive signals that must be protected when processed in untrusted environments. The field of Secure Signal Processing addresses this challenge by developing methods which enable operating with sensitive signals in a pr ...

ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY2019

Tokamak plasma edge studies by microwave short-pulse reflectometry and backscattering

Pedro Andres Molina Cabrera

Moving towards an increased understanding of the dynamic processes in the edge of tokamak plasmas requires continuous innovation in diagnostic capabilities, pushing the envelope in both spatial and temporal dimenstions. Plasma density and rotation, and the ...

EPFL2019

Modulated Excitation Raman Spectroscopy of V2O5/TiO2: Mechanistic Insights into the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH3

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri, Adrian Marberger, Rob Jeremiah G. Nuguid

We report the increased level of mechanistic information that Raman spectroscopy can provide when combined with modulated excitation experimentation. A V2O5/TiO2 catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO, was subjected to periodic NH3 puls ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019

Appearance and Disappearance of Quantum Correlations in Measurement-Based Feedback Control of a Mechanical Oscillator

Tobias Kippenberg, Dalziel Joseph Wilson, Sergey Fedorov, Ryan Daniel Schilling, Vivishek Sudhir, Amir Hossein Ghadimi, Hendrik Schütz

Quantum correlations between imprecision and backaction are a hallmark of continuous linear measurements. Here, we study how measurement-based feedback can be used to improve the visibility of quantum correlations due to the interaction of a laser field wi ...

American Physical Society2017

Quantum limits on measurement and control of a mechanical oscillator

Vivishek Sudhir

The precision measurement of position has a long-standing tradition in physics. Cavendish's verification of the universal law of gravitation using a torsion pendulum, Perrin's confirmation of the atomic hypothesis via the precise measurement of the Brownia ...

EPFL2016

New insights into ROS dynamics: a multi-layered microfluidic chip for ecotoxicological studies on aquatic microorganisms

Olivier Martin, Christian Santschi, Volodymyr Koman, Nadia Rachel Von Moos

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play an important role in the life of every cell, including cellular defense and signaling mechanisms. Continuous and quantitative ROS sensing can provide valuable information about the cell state, but it remains a challenge t ...

Informa Healthcare2016

Passive UHF RFID Systems for Capacitive Sensing Applications

Kerem Kapucu

In this work, a complete passive UHF RFID system for capacitive sensing applications is developed to be used in food quality monitoring and supply chain management. All the components of the RFID system including the base station, the base station antenna, ...

EPFL2015

Voltammetric Detection of Hg2+ Using Peptide-Functionalized Polymer Brushes

Harm-Anton Klok, Maarten Danial

Polymer brushes grafted by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP) from the surface of Ir-based microelectrode arrays are explored as a platform for the fabrication of sensory coatings for the voltammetric detection of Hg2+. The po ...

Csiro Publishing2012

Current-induced vortex dynamics and pinning potentials probed by homodyne detection

Using a homodyne detection scheme, we show that we can determine the polarity and chirality of a magnetic vortex in an asymmetric magnetic disk as well as the resonance frequency and phase shift of the dynamic vortex gyration excited by a spin-polarized cu ...

2010

Dynamic Actuation of Magnetic Beads for Immunoassays on-chip

Yves Moser

This thesis was carried out in the frame of the European project DetectHIV aiming the development of a new biosensor platform for the highly sensitive detection of the HIV capsid protein p24. We explore the implementation of a magnetic bead-based lab-on-a- ...

EPFL2010

A New Sensitive Detection Scheme for Helium Nanodroplet Isolation Spectroscopy: Application to Benzene

Marcel Drabbels, Evgeniy Loginov, Andreas Braun

A new method is presented for recording excitation spectra of molecules embedded in helium nanodroplets. The method relies on the complete evaporation of the droplets following excitation of an dissolved molecule and the subsequent detection of the remaini ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2008

Laterally vibrating-body double gate MOSFET with improved signal detection

Mihai Adrian Ionescu, Marco Mazza, Dimitrios Tsamados, Daniel Grogg, Nicoleta-Diana Ciressan, Hüseyin Cumhur Tekin

Laterally vibrating-body double-gate MOSFET that shows a +30 dB signal increase compared to an identical resonator operating with pure capacitive detection is reported. The double-gate MOSFET is fabricated on SOI substrate with silicon film thickness of 1. ...

2008

Phase-locked Fourier domain optical coherence tomography

Adrian Bachmann

Fourier or spectral domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) is a multi-dimensional interferometric imaging modality that has attracted increasing interest during the last few years. The reason is its outstanding sensitivity allowing high speed 2D and 3 ...

EPFL2007

Extended focus depth for Fourier domain optical coherence microscopy

Theo Lasser, Martin Villiger, Rainer Leitgeb, Lukas Steinmann, Adrian Bachmann

We report on a new detection scheme for Fourier domain optical coherence microscopy that exhibits high transverse resolution along an axially extended focal range. Nearly constant transverse resolution of ∼1.5 μm along a focal range of 200 μm is experiment ...

2006