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Supernovae (SNe) that have been multiply imaged by gravitational lensing are rare and powerful probes for cosmology. Each detection is an opportunity to develop the critical tools and methodologies needed as the sample of lensed SNe increases by orders of ...

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Data Transformation in the Processing of Neuronal Signals: A Powerful Tool to Illuminate Informative Contents

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Neuroscientists seek efficient solutions for deciphering the sophisticated unknowns of the brain. Effective development of complicated brain-related tools is the focal point of research in neuroscience and neurotechnology. Thanks to today's technological a ...

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Thermally reconfigurable metalens

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High-Resolution Multi-Spectral Imaging With Diffractive Lenses and Learned Reconstruction

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Spectral imaging is a fundamental diagnostic technique with widespread application. Conventional spectral imaging approaches have intrinsic limitations on spatial and spectral resolutions due to the physical components they rely on. To overcome these physi ...

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Structured light engineering using a photonic nanojet

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In this Letter, we present the photonic nanojet as a phenomenon in a structured light generator system that is implemented to modify the source focal spot size and emission angle. The optical system comprises a microlens array that is illuminated by a focu ...

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Analytical and Machine Learning Methods for the Complete Safe Coordination of Astrobot Swarms

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The recent generations of massive spectroscopic surveys aim at the ray collection from a multitude of cosmological targets in the course of observations. For this purpose, astrobots are used to change the configuration of optical fibers from one observatio ...

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Structured light generation by refractive-diffractive micro optical array illuminators

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Structured light generation having broad applications in different optical fields, is the topic of this thesis. Our structured light generation strategy is based on applying periodic microoptical elements at the refraction-diffraction limit, under a focuse ...

EPFL2021

Partial discharge localization using time reversal: application to power transformers and gas-insulated substations

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A method for locating one or multiple partial discharge sources in a power transformer or a Gas-Insulated Substation, whereby the partial discharges emit electromagnetic and acoustic waves, the method comprising recording a signal corresponding to the wave ...

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DeepFocus: a Few-shot Microscope Slide Auto-Focus using a Sample Invariant CNN-based Sharpness Function

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Autofocus (AF) methods are extensively used in biomicroscopy, for example to acquire timelapses, where the imaged objects tend to drift out of focus. AF algorithms determine an optimal distance by which to move the sample back into the focal plane. Current ...

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