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Instruments, Volume 7, Issue 3

2023 September - 11 articles

Cover Story: Microwave transducers, commonly used in gas sensing and microfluidics, can be efficiently fabricated using inkjet printing technology due to its precise patterning capabilities. This study investigated the temperature-sensitive electrical properties of an inkjet-printed interdigitated capacitor (IDC) at temperatures as low as 20 K. The IDC reflection coefficient was measured with a vector network analyzer in a cryogenic setup and then converted to its admittance. The data showed that as the temperature decreased, the IDC resonant frequency shifted upward and its quality factor increased. These findings are crucial for improving the design and performance of inkjet-printed microwave transducers in critical environment and sensing applications. View this paper
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Articles (11)

  • Communication
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,835 Views
7 Pages

Demonstration of Autonomous Emittance Characterization at the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator

  • Ryan Roussel,
  • Dylan Kennedy,
  • Auralee Edelen,
  • Seongyeol Kim,
  • Eric Wisniewski and
  • John Power

Transverse beam emittance plays a key role in the performance of high-brightness accelerators. Characterizing beam emittance is often carried out using a quadrupole scan, which fits beam matrix elements to experimental measurements using first-order...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,944 Views
17 Pages

Response of G-NUMEN LaBr3(Ce) Detectors to High Counting Rates

  • Elisa Maria Gandolfo,
  • José Roberto Brandao Oliveira,
  • Luigi Campajola,
  • Dimitra Pierroutsakou,
  • Alfonso Boiano,
  • Clementina Agodi,
  • Francesco Cappuzzello,
  • Diana Carbone,
  • Manuela Cavallaro and
  • Paolo Finocchiaro
  • + 11 authors

The G-NUMEN array is the future gamma spectrometer of the NUMEN experiment (nuclear matrix element for neutrinoless double beta decay), to be installed around the object point of the MAGNEX magnetic spectrometer at the INFN-LNS laboratory. This proje...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,879 Views
10 Pages

Planar Bragg Reflectors for Frequency-Tunable Sub-Terahertz Gyrotrons

  • Nikita A. Bylinskiy,
  • Yuriy K. Kalynov,
  • Valentina E. Kotomina,
  • Nikolay Yu. Peskov,
  • Mikhail D. Proyavin,
  • Andrei V. Savilov,
  • Dmitry D. Sobolev,
  • Alexander A. Vikharev and
  • Vladislav Yu. Zaslavsky

A novel concept of a frequency-tuned sub-terahertz gyrotron based on a combination of an irregular low-frequency resonator and an external reflector has been proposed recently. A simulation was carried out for a fundamental-cyclotron-harmonic gyrotro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,219 Views
16 Pages

A novel solid-state neutron and gamma radiation monitor-dosimeter based on biopolymer polylactic acid (PLA) is presented. The resulting detector (PLAD) technology takes advantage of property changes of the renewable PLA resin when subject to ionizing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,778 Views
12 Pages

Two-Dimensional Thomson Scattering in Laser-Produced Plasmas

  • Haiping Zhang,
  • Jessica J. Pilgram,
  • Carmen G. Constantin,
  • Lucas Rovige,
  • Peter V. Heuer,
  • Sofiya Ghazaryan,
  • Marietta Kaloyan,
  • Robert S. Dorst,
  • Derek B. Schaeffer and
  • Christoph Niemann

We present two-dimensional (2D) optical Thomson scattering measurements of electron density and temperature in laser-produced plasmas. The novel instrument directly measures ne(x,y) and Te(x,y) in two dimensions over large spatial regions (cm2) with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,819 Views
27 Pages

Design of Monolithic Bi-Layer High-Z PAL-Si Hard X-ray CMOS Image Sensors for Quantum Efficiency Enhancement

  • Eldred Lee,
  • Kevin D. Larkin,
  • Xin Yue,
  • Zhehui Wang,
  • Eric R. Fossum and
  • Jifeng Liu

This article experimentally investigates the inception of an innovative hard X-ray photon energy attenuation layer (PAL) to advance high-energy X-ray detection (20–50 keV). A bi-layer design with a thin film high-Z PAL on the top and Si image s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,473 Views
11 Pages

Utilization of Additive Manufacturing for the Rapid Prototyping of C-Band Radiofrequency Loads

  • Garrett Mathesen,
  • Charlotte Wehner,
  • Julian Merrick,
  • Bradley Shirley,
  • Ronald Agustsson,
  • Robert Berry,
  • Amirari Diego and
  • Emilio Nanni

Additive manufacturing is a versatile technique that shows promise in providing quick and dynamic manufacturing for complex engineering problems. Research has been ongoing into the use of additive manufacturing for potential applications in radiofreq...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,526 Views
9 Pages

Additive Manufacturing of an IH-Type Linac Structure from Stainless Steel and Pure Copper

  • Hendrik Hähnel,
  • Adem Ateş,
  • Benjamin Dedić and
  • Ulrich Ratzinger

Additive manufacturing (AM) of metals has the potential to provide significant benefits for the construction of future particle accelerators. The combination of low cost manufacturing of complex geometries in combination with efficiency gains from im...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,380 Views
12 Pages

Analysis of Vector-Network-Analyzer-Based Power Sensor Calibration Method Application

  • Erkan Danaci,
  • Yusuf Bayrak,
  • Anil Cetinkaya,
  • Murat Arslan,
  • Handan Sakarya,
  • Aliye Kartal Dogan and
  • Gulsun Tunay

Radio Frequency (RF) power sensor calibration is one of the essential measurements in RF and microwave metrology. For a reliable and accurate power sensor calibration, there are various methods, such as the substitution method, the direct comparison...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,862 Views
15 Pages

Inkjet-Printed Interdigitated Capacitors for Sensing Applications: Temperature-Dependent Electrical Characterization at Cryogenic Temperatures down to 20 K

  • Giovanni Gugliandolo,
  • Andrea Alimenti,
  • Mariangela Latino,
  • Giovanni Crupi,
  • Kostiantyn Torokhtii,
  • Enrico Silva and
  • Nicola Donato

Microwave transducers are widely used for sensing applications in areas such as gas sensing and microfluidics. Inkjet printing technology has been proposed as a promising method for fabricating such devices due to its capability to produce complex pa...

  • Correction
  • Open Access
1,259 Views
2 Pages

Correction: Treffert et al. Towards High-Repetition-Rate Fast Neutron Sources Using Novel Enabling Technologies. Instruments 2021, 5, 38

  • Franziska Treffert,
  • Chandra B. Curry,
  • Todd Ditmire,
  • Griffin D. Glenn,
  • Hernan J. Quevedo,
  • Markus Roth,
  • Christopher Schoenwaelder,
  • Marc Zimmer,
  • Siegfried H. Glenzer and
  • Maxence Gauthier

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