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Kouwenhoven, K. (author), van Doorn, G.P.J. (author), Buijtendorp, B.T. (author), de Rooij, S.A.H. (author), Lamers, D. (author), Thoen, David (author), Murugesan, V. (author), Baselmans, J.J.A. (author), de Visser, P.J. (author)Parallel-plate capacitors (PPC) significantly reduce the size of superconducting microwave resonators, reducing the pixel pitch for arrays of single-photon energy-resolving kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs). The frequency noise of KIDs is typically limited by tunneling two-level systems (TLS), which originate from lattice defects in the...journal article 2024
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de Visser, C.C. (author), Pool, D.M. (author)Aerodynamic model identification remains essential for simulator operations and control system design and operations. In this paper, state-of-the-art methodologies for aerodynamic model identification and validation are presented, together with a number of novel applications of the identified models that were recently investigated and developed...journal article 2023
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Altena, A. (author), van Beers, J.J. (author), de Visser, C.C. (author)Loss of control (LOC) is a prevalent cause of drone crashes. Onboard prevention systems should be designed requiring low computing power, for which data-driven techniques provide a promising solution. This study proposes the use of recurrent neural networks (RNNs) for LOC prediction. Four architectures were trained in order to identify which RNN...journal article 2023
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Kouwenhoven, K. (author), Fan, D. (author), Biancalani, Enrico (author), de Rooij, S.A.H. (author), Karim, A.T. (author), Smith, C.S. (author), Murugesan, Vignesh (author), Thoen, David (author), Baselmans, J.J.A. (author), de Visser, P.J. (author)Kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs) are superconducting energy-resolving detectors, sensitive to single photons from the near-infrared to ultraviolet. We study a hybrid KID design consisting of a β-phase tantalum (β-Ta) inductor and a Nb-Ti-N interdigitated capacitor. The devices show an average intrinsic quality factor Qi of 4.3×105±1.3×105....journal article 2023
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Kouwenhoven, K. (author), Elwakil, I. (author), van Wingerden, J. (author), Murugesan, V. (author), Thoen, David (author), Baselmans, J.J.A. (author), de Visser, P.J. (author)Typical materials for optical Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detetectors (MKIDs) are metals with a natural absorption of ∼ 30–50% in the visible and near-infrared. To reach high absorption efficiencies (90–100%) the KID must be embedded in an optical stack. We show an optical stack design for a 60 nm TiN film. The optical stack is modeled as...journal article 2022
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Baselmans, J.J.A. (author), Facchin, F. (author), Pascual Laguna, A. (author), Bueno, J. (author), Thoen, David (author), Murugesan, V. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author), de Visser, P.J. (author)Aims. Future actively cooled space-borne observatories for the far-infrared, loosely defined as a 1-10 THz band, can potentially reach a sensitivity limited only by background radiation from the Universe. This will result in an increase in observing speed of many orders of magnitude. A spectroscopic instrument on such an observatory requires...journal article 2022
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Matsumura, Hirotoshi (author), Faponle, Abayomi S. (author), Hagedoorn, P.L. (author), Tosha, Takehiko (author), de Visser, Sam P. (author), Moënne-Loccoz, Pierre (author)Steady-state kinetics of cytochrome-c dependent denitrifying NO reductases (cNORs) show evidence of substrate inhibition at NO concentrations higher than 10 μM, but the mechanism of inhibition remains unclear. Here, we present low-temperature FTIR photolysis experiments carried out on the NO complex formed by addition of NO to the oxidized...journal article 2022
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Armijos Moya, T.E. (author), de Visser, Pieter (author), Ottele, M. (author), van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author)Potted plants have been reported to uptake VOCs and help “cleaning” the air. This paper presents the results of a laboratory study in which two species of plants (peace lily and Boston fern) and three kinds of substrates (expanded clay, soil, and activated carbon) were tested and monitored on their capacity to deplete formaldehyde and CO2 in a...journal article 2022
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Mkhoyan, T. (author), de Visser, C.C. (author), De Breuker, R. (author)Advancements in aircraft controller design, paired with increasingly flexible aircraft concepts, create the need for the development of novel (smart) adaptive sensing methods suitable for aeroelastic state estimation. A potentially universal and noninvasive approach is visual tracking. However, many tracking methods require manual selection...journal article 2021
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de Visser, P.J. (author), de Rooij, S.A.H. (author), Murugesan, V. (author), Thoen, David (author), Baselmans, J.J.A. (author)A noiseless, photon-counting detector, which resolves the energy of each photon, could radically change astronomy, biophysics, and quantum optics. Superconducting detectors promise an intrinsic resolving power at visible wavelengths of R=E/δE≈100 due to their low excitation energy. We study superconducting energy-resolving microwave kinetic...journal article 2021
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Nabi, H.N. (author), de Visser, C.C. (author), Pavel, M.D. (author), Quaranta, Giuseppe (author)The research presented in this paper focuses on the development of a quasi-Linear Parameter Varying (qLPV) model for the XV-15 tiltrotor aircraft. The specific category of qLPV modeling technique, known as the model stitching technique, is employed to model the time-varying dynamics of XV-15 tiltrotor aircraft over the entire flight envelope....journal article 2021
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De Rooij, Steven A.H. (author), Baselmans, J.J.A. (author), Murugesan, V. (author), Thoen, David (author), de Visser, P.J. (author)We measure temperature-dependent quasiparticle fluctuations in a small Al volume, embedded in a NbTiN superconducting microwave resonator. The resonator design allows for readout close to equilibrium. By placing the Al film on a membrane, we enhance the fluctuation level and separate quasiparticle effects from phonon effects. When lowering...journal article 2021
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Baselmans, J.J.A. (author), Bosma, S. (author), Ikarashi, S. (author), Klapwijk, T.M. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author), Pascual Laguna, A. (author), Thoen, David (author), de Visser, P.J. (author), Yurduseven, O. (author), Endo, A. (author)We are developing an ultra-wideband spectroscopic instrument, DESHIMA (DEep Spectroscopic HIgh-redshift MApper), based on the technologies of an on-chip filter bank and microwave kinetic inductance detector (MKID) to investigate dusty starburst galaxies in the distant universe at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths. An on-site experiment of...journal article 2020
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Klapwijk, T.M. (author), de Visser, P.J. (author)We trace the historical fate of experiment and theory of microwave-stimulated superconductivity as originally reported for constriction-type superconducting weak links. It is shown that the observed effect disappeared by improving weak links to obtain the desired Josephson properties. Separate experiments were carried out to evaluate the...journal article 2020
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Sun, Sihao (author), Wang, Xuerui (author), Chu, Q. P. (author), de Visser, C.C. (author)In order to further expand the flight envelope of quadrotors under actuator failures, we design a nonlinear sensor-based fault-tolerant controller to stabilize a quadrotor with failure of two opposing rotors in the high-speed flight condition (>8 m/s). The incremental nonlinear dynamic inversion approach which excels in handling model...journal article 2020
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Visser, T. (author), March, G. (author), Doornbos, E.N. (author), de Visser, C.C. (author), Visser, P (author)Thermospheric wind measurements obtained from linear non-gravitational accelerations of the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite show discrepancies when compared to ground-based measurements. In this paper the cross-wind is derived from both the linear and the angular accelerations using a newly developed...journal article 2019
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Armanini, S.F. (author), Caetano, J. V. (author), de Visser, C.C. (author), Pavel, M.D. (author), de Croon, G.C.H.E. (author), Mulder, Max (author)Despite significant interest in tailless flapping-wing micro aerial vehicle designs, tailed configurations are often favoured, as they offer many benefits, such as static stability and a simpler control strategy, separating wing and tail control. However, the tail aerodynamics are highly complex due to the interaction between the unsteady...journal article 2019
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Li, S. (author), de Wagter, C. (author), de Visser, C.C. (author), Chu, Q. P. (author), de Croon, G.C.H.E. (author)High-speed flight in GPS-denied environments is currently an important frontier in the research on autonomous flight of micro air vehicles. Autonomous drone races stimulate the advances in this area by representing a very challenging case with tight turns, texture-less floors, and dynamic spectators around the track. These properties hamper...journal article 2019
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Tol, H.J. (author), Kotsonis, M. (author), de Visser, C.C. (author)This paper investigates the use of point wall pressure measurements for output feedback control of Tollmien–Schlichtingwaves in Falkner–Skan boundary layers.Anewapproach is presented for input–outputmodeling of the linear dynamics of the fluid system and the integration withH2∕Linear Quadratic Gaussian reduced-order control design. The pressure...journal article 2019
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Visser, T. (author), March, G. (author), Doornbos, E.N. (author), de Visser, C.C. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author)Recently, the horizontal and vertical cross wind at 225- to 295-km altitude were derived from linear acceleration measurements of the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer satellite. The vertical component of these wind data is compared to wind data derived from the mass spectrometers of the Atmosphere Explorer C and E and...journal article 2019