Overview of Wide/Ultra-Wide Bandgap Power Semiconductor Devices for Distributed Energy Resources

This article provides an overview of power semiconductor devices (PSDs) for the distributed energy resource (DER) system. To begin with, an overview of electrically triggered silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) devices followed by a brief narration of ultrawide bandgap (UWBG) PSDs and, subsequently, an overview of optically...

Evaluation of SAR and Optical Data for Flood Delineation Using Supervised and Unsupervised Classification

Precise and accurate delineation of flooding areas with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and multi-spectral (MS) data is challenging because flooded areas are inherently heterogeneous as emergent vegetation (EV) and turbid water (TW) are common. We addressed these challenges by developing and applying a new stepwise sequence of unsupervised and...

Optical signature of nerve tissue—Exploratory ex vivo study comparing optical, histological, and molecular characteristics of different adipose and nerve tissues

Background: During several anesthesiological procedures, needles are inserted through the skin of a patient to target nerves. In most cases, the needle traverses several tissues—skin, subcutaneous adipose tissue, muscles, nerves, and blood vessels—to reach the target nerve. A clear identification of the target nerve can improve the success of...

Near field optical data storage

This thesis describes research done at Philips Research on near-field optical data storage systems with a solid immersion lens.

Filtering technique for image analysis

The measuring of the flocculation parameters is based on the analysis of the optical records obtained with the settling column. These records consist of images of aggregates or flocs grabbed with a digital camera. Flocs are lightened by means of a laser sheet coming from the side. The laser light is scattered by the flocs and recorded by the...