Recent advances in quantum information processing (QIP) have enabled practical applications of quantum mechanics in various fields such as cryptography, computation, and metrology. Most of these applications use photons ...

The measurement, design, and theory of ultralow-noise actively modelocked lasers are presented. We demonstrate quantum-limited noise performance of a hybridly modelocked semiconductor laser with an rms timing jitter of ...

Embedded SRAMs are a critical component in modern digital systems, and their role is preferentially increasing. As a result, SRAMs strongly impact the overall power, performance, and area, and, in order to manage these ...

Electrostatic interactions associated with aggrecan, one of the major components of the cartilage extracellular matrix, are responsible for ~50% of the equilibrium compressive elastic modulus of the tissue. The bottle-brush-shaped ...

An ultra wide-bandwidth resonating thin film PZT MEMS energy harvester has been designed, modeled, fabricated and tested. It harvests energy from parasitic ambient vibration at a wide range of amplitude and frequency via ...

We strain our eyes, cramp our necks, and destroy our hands trying to interact with computer on their terms. At the extreme, we strap on devices and weigh ourselves down with cables trying to re-create a sense of place ...

This thesis focuses on achieving new understanding of the principles and phenomena involved in the interaction of light with a variety of complicated material systems, including biomaterials and nanostructured materials. ...

The field of medical image analysis has been rapidly growing for the past two decades. Besides a significant growth in computational power, scanner performance, and storage facilities, this acceleration is partially due ...