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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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The design, fabrication and testing of a multi-axis vibrating ring gyroscope

Gallacher, Barry J. January 2002 (has links)
No description available.
2

The development of an ultrafast nanobolometer cooled by electrons

McArthur, Christine January 2003 (has links)
No description available.
3

Non-linear dynamics of vibratory rate sensors

Sérandour, Guillaume January 2005 (has links)
No description available.
4

Uncertainty effects on the dynamics of vibrating structure rate sensors

Ong, James Gim Chuan January 2003 (has links)
No description available.
5

Two-thermocouple based sensor characterisation and temperature reconstruction

Hung, P. C. F. January 2005 (has links)
No description available.
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Étude par microscopie à sonde locale des propriétés électriques de monocouches auto-assemblées de molécules photo-commutables sur substrats ferromagnétiques / C-AFM study of photoswitchable Self-Assembled Monolayers on ferromagnetic substrates

Thomas, Louis 21 December 2018 (has links)
Ce manuscrit traite du transport à travers des monocouches auto-assemblées (self-assembled monolayers, SAMs) de molécules photoisomérisables greffées sur des matériaux ferromagnétiques (FMs) pour des applications à la frontière de l'électronique moléculaire et de la spintronique. Ces systèmes sont étudiés par le mode conductif du microscope à force atomique, à l'air et sous ultravide. Il est attendu que les jonctions FM-SAM/pointe présentent une photo-commutation de résistance au cours de cycles d'irradiation. Un premier couple FM-SAM allie le manganite de lanthane dopé au strontium (LSMO) à un dérivé de diaryléthène (DDA). Il est montré que la diminution des courants à travers la SAM après irradiation UV, d'un ratio 5, ne saurait être liée à la photoisomérisation de DDA mais à la modification du LSMO par échauffement. De même, le champ électrique et la force appliqués par la sonde conduisent au switch-off intempestif du LSMO. Cet effet est cependant fortement diminué lorsque le substrat est passivé par une SAM de DDA. Le second système étudié est un dérivé d'azobenzène (AzBT) greffé sur cobalt. Co-AzBT montre une photo-commutation de résistance partiellement réversible avec un ratio de courant de 21 à +0,5 V. Le cobalt exposé à l'air ambiant montre également une commutation de résistance sous l'action de la sonde. Ce phénomène est quasi-absent lorsque le métal est protégé par une SAM. Ces travaux illustrent les difficultés inhérentes à l'emploi de FMs mais ouvrent cependant de nouvelles voies vers des dispositifs opto-spintroniques hybrides exploitant les couplages entre conformation moléculaire et transport polarisé en spin. / This thesis focuses on electrical transport through self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of photoisomerisable compounds grafted on ferromagnetic materials (FMs) for applications at the frontier between molecular electronics and spintronics. These systems have been characterized by conductive atomic force microscopy under ambient conditions and ultra-high vacuum. FM-SAM/tip junctions are expected to show resistance photoswitching during irradiation cycles. The first FM-SAM couple consists of lanthanum strontium manganite (LSMO) and a diarylethene derivative (DDA). We show that the switch-off of LSMO-DDA after UV irradiation, characterized by a ratio 5 of current, does not result from DDA isomerization but rather from LSMO heating. Similarly, electric field and strain applied by the tip also lead to the switch-off of the LSMO. Nevertheless, this last effect is disrupted when LSMO is protected by a DDA SAM. The second system studied is an azobenzene derivative grafted on cobalt. Co-AzBT exhibits an ON/OFF current ratio up to 21 at +0,5 V, partially reversible. Tip-induced switch-off was also observed on air exposed cobalt but is quasi-absent when the substrate is protected by a SAM. Despite showing the difficulties inherent to the use of FMs, this work sheds light on new ways to realize hybrid opto-spintronics molecular devices, triggered by isomerization and spin-polarized transport.
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Quadrature error cancellation for micro-machined vibratory gyroscope embedded in high order electromechanical sigma delta modulator

Salimi, Pejwaak January 2013 (has links)
Vibratory micro-machined gyroscopes utilize Coriolis force to detect the rotation rate. Recently it has been proved that embedding the gyroscope in an electromechanical ΣΔ modulator (EMSDM), results in increased linearity, rate detection range, and immunity to fabrication variations. In addition, this architecture can be deployed as a ΣΔ modulator (SDM) analogue to digital converter (ADC), providing a digital bit stream that can be used directly by any digital signal processing system (e.g. micro-processors). Furthermore, recent research has proved that higher order EMSDMs proved to deliver better performance in terms of signal to noise ratio while retaining linearity, dynamic range, fabrication tolerance and bandwidth advantages. Furthermore, in the view of ADC performance, higher order SDMs achieve higher resolution performance which is a desired feature for an ADC. Considering all these advantages, there have been attempts to deploy this approach in designing micro-machined gyroscopes interface in form of low-pass and band-pass EMSDM in order to achieve detection of high angular rate motions and angular motions with faster variation (which requires higher band width). However, the fabrication process of vibratory micro machined gyroscopes just like any other micro fabrication process is prone to flaws and inaccuracies. One of these flaws in the case of vibratory gyroscopes is the root cause of a mechanical coupling that occurs between the excitation direction and detection direction. This coupling results in appearance of an error signal in the detection direction which is known as quadrature error. Existence of this mechanical error results in reduction of performance in this type of gyroscopes and most importantly it limits the dynamic range of the sensor. In this work, a novel interface is proposed that eliminates the quadrature error while retaining the advantages of EMSDM for micro-machined gyroscopes system. The approach is a combination of quadrature amplitude modulation technique which is quite mature in communication systems, time division modulation in digital systems and the fundamental theory of EMSDM. A system level model of the novel architecture has been developed by using Matlab and Simulink. The system level simulation of the novel interface indicates that attenuation of -80dB can be achieved for the quadrature error signal. Furthermore, circuit level simulation model has been developed using Orcad/Pspice, in order to verify the consistency of the system level simulation. Finally a prototype PCB has been built characterized to evaluate the practical system performance. The measurement results on the hardware implementation show that the quadrature error power spectral density is attenuated by -70dB. In another words, the quadrature error is attenuated by about 3 orders of magnitude in the hardware implementation prototype.
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Étude théorique et modélisation par la méthode FDTD de nanostructures plasmoniques : application à la conception de biocapteurs / Theoretical study of plasmonic nanostructures and numerical simulation by FDTD method : application to biosensors design

Saison-Francioso, Ophélie 25 June 2014 (has links)
Ce travail de thèse est une contribution à l’étude des propriétés optiques de structures plasmoniques composées de nanoparticules métalliques. Il s’appuie sur diverses simulations numériques réalisées à l’aide de la méthode des différences finies dans le domaine temporel ou FDTD (Finite-Difference Time-Domain). La première partie de ce travail concerne l’étude d’un réseau périodique de nanofils d’or, de section droite rectangulaire, situé au sein d’un environnement diélectrique multi-couches. L’influence des paramètres géométriques des nanofils, de la période du réseau et de l’épaisseur de diélectrique recouvrant les nanofils sur la position spectrale de la résonance plasmonique a été explorée. Cette étude a démontré que la longueur d’onde de résonance oscille quand l’épaisseur du diélectrique recouvrant les nanofils varie. Un modèle analytique simple a été développé afin de mieux appréhender l’origine de ces oscillations. L’influence des indices de réfraction de la matrice diélectrique sur les paramètres de l’oscillation a également été analysée. La deuxième partie de ce travail a été consacrée à la détermination et à l’étude de facteurs contrôlant la sensibilité des capteurs à résonance de plasmons de surface localisés. Différentes formes de nanoparticules et différents types de nanofils ont été analysés. De plus, trois grands thèmes ont été abordés :- l’influence sur la sensibilité du substrat sur lequel sont déposées les nanoparticules,- l’influence sur la sensibilité du matériau recouvrant les nanoparticules et,- l’origine du lien existant entre la longueur d’onde de résonance plasmonique et la sensibilité des nanoparticules à un changement d’indice de réfraction. / This thesis is a contribution to the optical properties study of plasmonic structures composed by metallic nanoparticles. This study is based on numerical simulation results obtained by the Finite-Difference Time-Domain method (FDTD).The first part of this work is related to the analysis of gold nanowires periodic arrays, which section is rectangular, placed in a multi-layered dielectric environment. The influence of the nanowires geometrical parameters, of the array period and of the dielectric thickness covering the nanowires on the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR) spectral position has been explored. This study especially demonstrated that the resonance wavelength oscillates when the dielectric thickness covering the nanowires is varying. A simple analytical model has been developed in order to better understand the oscillations origin. The influence of the refractive indexes of the dielectric matrix on the oscillation parameters has been analyzed too.The second part of this work concerns the determination and the study of factors controlling LSPR sensors sensitivity. Different shapes of nanoparticles and different kinds of nanowires have been considered. Moreover, three wide topics have been approached in this part:- the influence of the nanoparticles substrate on the sensitivity,- the influence of the material covering the nanoparticles on the sensitivity and,- the origin of the relationship between the LSPR wavelentgh and the refractive index sensitivity of the nanoparticles.

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