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We demonstrate how the scale axis transform can be used to compute a parameterized family of shape skeletons. The skeletons gradually represent only the most important features of a shape, in a scale-adaptive manner. Here a shape O is any bounded open subs ...
In the general context of complex data processing, this paper reviews a recent practical approach to the continuous wavelet formalism on the sphere. This formalism notably yields a correspondence principle which relates wavelets on the plane and on the sph ...
Superpixels are becoming increasingly popular for use in computer vision applications. However, there are few algorithms that output a desired number of regular, compact superpixels with a low computational overhead. We introduce a novel algorithm that clu ...
This paper describes a numerical and experimental investigation on the flexural wave propagation properties of a novel class of negative Poisson's ratio honeycombs with tetrachiral topology. Tetrachiral honeycombs are structures defined by cylinders connec ...
We present the design, analysis and characterization of a polarization-independent tunable resonant grating filter. Polarization independence is achieved by setting the plane of incidence parallel to the grating grooves and optimizing the fill factor to ob ...
This PhD thesis describes the experimental study of wurtzite III-nitride semiconductors grown on non-polar crystal orientations, namely (1120) a- and (1010) m-planes. Hindered by poor material quality, they were not as extensively investigated as the polar ...
In this work we describe the vibroacoustic behavior of a novel concept of core for sandwich structures featuring auxetic characteristics, enhanced shear stiffhess and compressive strength compared to classical cellular cores in sandwich components for sand ...
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Thin a-plane (1 1 2 0) GaN layers have been grown on r-plane (1 1 0 2) sapphire substrates by hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE), using either a single-step high-temperature (HT) growth or a two-step growth method similar to that of metal organic vapor pha ...
The in-plane polarities of GaN and ZnO non-polar films deposited on r- and m-sapphire are compared. The polarity is unique on r-sapphire and mixed on m-sapphire because the direction on the substrate surface parallel to the wurztite c-direction is polar in ...
We address the general issue of resolving the wave vector in complex electromagnetic media including negative refractive media. This requires us to make a physical choice of the sign of a square root imposed merely by conditions of causality. By considerin ...