Shulin Wohlfeil, Jan-Philipp Koester, Heike Christopher, Jörg Fricke, Pietro Della Casa, Hans Wenzel, Andrea Knigge, Günther Tränkle
{"title":"Repetition Frequency Detuning in Mode-Locked Lasers with Integrated S-Bend Waveguide","authors":"Shulin Wohlfeil, Jan-Philipp Koester, Heike Christopher, Jörg Fricke, Pietro Della Casa, Hans Wenzel, Andrea Knigge, Günther Tränkle","doi":"10.1049/ell2.70266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/ell2.70266","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We present the integration of an S-bend waveguide into the cavity of a mode-locked diode laser to tune its repetition frequency for use in terahertz time-domain spectroscopy applications. The mode-locked diode laser, featuring a facet-to-facet 6-mm-long straight ridge waveguide, emits light at a wavelength of around 830 nm and operates at a repetition frequency of 6.3 GHz. By incorporating an S-bend into the cavity, the optical path length can be modified, enabling a variation of up to 12 MHz in the repetition frequency. Furthermore, this approach supports the co-integration of two lasers on a single chip, each with a distinct repetition rate but operating under identical environmental and driving conditions, offering a robust and compact two-laser solution for asynchronous optical sampling.</p>","PeriodicalId":11556,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Letters","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/ell2.70266","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144573697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"NAND-Structured Physically Unclonable Function With Current Mirror Switching Stabilization and Minimized CRP Discards","authors":"Hyungwoo Kim, Dong-Woo Jee, Jongmin Lee","doi":"10.1049/ell2.70357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/ell2.70357","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper presents a NAND-structured physically unclonable function (PUF) incorporating a novel current mirror-switching stabilization scheme. The proposed design leverages sub-threshold current mismatches induced by process variations to generate random responses. To address scenarios where the current difference is insufficient for stable response generation, the current mirror-switching method amplifies the mismatch, thereby enhancing stability and reducing the number of discarded challenge-response pairs (CRPs) through trimming. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed PUF achieves the worst-case bit flip ratio (BFR) 0.99% at 1.8 V and 80 <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <mrow></mrow>\u0000 <mo>∘</mo>\u0000 </msup>\u0000 <mi>C</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$^{circ }{rm C}$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> with 1.64% trimming ratio. By applying the proposed current mirror switching method, the trimming ratio is reduced by 86.2% while maintaining equivalent reliability. Furthermore, the proposed PUF achieves robust BFR performance, with variations of 0.099% per 10 <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <mrow></mrow>\u0000 <mo>∘</mo>\u0000 </msup>\u0000 <mi>C</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$^{circ }{rm C}$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> and 0.071% per 100 mV under temperature and supply voltage changes, respectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":11556,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Letters","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/ell2.70357","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144573696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Dual-Polarised Nonreciprocal Electromagnetic Metasurface","authors":"Kazuhiro Takahagi, Alan Tennant","doi":"10.1049/ell2.70177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/ell2.70177","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The application of electromagnetic materials to mobile systems and other platforms requiring complex utilization of radio waves necessitates compatibility with various polarizations. For nonreciprocal metasurfaces that support unidirectional propagation, achieving dual polarization (vertical and horizontal) presents significant design challenges. This study proposes a simple structure for dual-polarization nonreciprocal metasurfaces and presents theoretical and experimental analyses of its performance. As a result, a dual-polarization nonreciprocal metasurface exhibiting high-pass filter characteristics at C-band is realised by incorporating ferrite into a strip line lattice structure, achieving an isolation of 7 dB.</p>","PeriodicalId":11556,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Letters","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/ell2.70177","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144551150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xue-Ying Lin, Wen-Jun Lu, Chun-Xing He, Yang Zhong, Lei Zhu
{"title":"Wideband Dual-Mode Resonant Sectorial Dipole Antenna Fed by a Loop Balancing Device","authors":"Xue-Ying Lin, Wen-Jun Lu, Chun-Xing He, Yang Zhong, Lei Zhu","doi":"10.1049/ell2.70354","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/ell2.70354","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This letter proposes a novel approach to dual-mode resonant sectorial dipole antennas by incorporating a loop balancing device only. The loop balancing device is conformally bonded to the radius and circumference of the sectorial dipole and serves as a shielded, full-wavelength loop antenna. As a result, an additional low-frequency resonance can be incorporated into the sectorial dipole to yield a wideband, balanced design without increasing antenna size or introducing external perturbations. Experimental validations demonstrate that the proposed antenna exhibits a wide available bandwidth of 48.6% with a stable average gain of 6.3 dBi over the 1.65∼2.71 GHz band.</p>","PeriodicalId":11556,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Letters","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/ell2.70354","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144537030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characteristic Portrait Construction of Voltage in Substation Areas Using ISSA-Based Cluster Prediction","authors":"Sicheng Huang, Lijia Ren, Dongbing Tong","doi":"10.1049/ell2.70313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/ell2.70313","url":null,"abstract":"<p>To effectively utilize power data for monitoring and issuing warnings in distribution-substation areas, a clustering prediction model was developed by integrating an improved salp swarm optimization algorithm. First, power characteristics related to the target were collected using original data mining and dimensionality reduction techniques. A voltage-characteristic label model for the substation areas was then developed, focusing on three dimensions: safety (S), stability (S), and economy (E). Next, because the improved salp swarm algorithm (ISSA) has better optimization effect and less iteration time, the fusion ISSA was combined with the K-means clustering algorithm to analyse the data, while the ISSA-BP neural network algorithm was used for time-series prediction. This approach generated a voltage profile and detected abnormal conditions in the substation areas. Finally, the model was validated using real data from a substation area in Shanghai. The results demonstrated that the proposed algorithm was more efficient, with improved prediction accuracy and performance metrics.</p>","PeriodicalId":11556,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Letters","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/ell2.70313","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144536875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiaoshu Cheng, Siyi Pan, Yiwen Wang, Weiran Ding, Ping Li
{"title":"A Bit-Serial Compute-Transfer Architecture for High-Speed Data Processing in Chip-to-Chip Systems","authors":"Xiaoshu Cheng, Siyi Pan, Yiwen Wang, Weiran Ding, Ping Li","doi":"10.1049/ell2.70352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/ell2.70352","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This brief proposes a bit-serial compute-transfer architecture tailored for high-speed data processing across chip-to-chip links. Our design merges computation and transmission at the physical layer via a voltage-mode logic (VML) interface, without intermediate packing or unpacking. In SMIC 0.13 µm CMOS, the architecture achieves 1 Gbps per channel at 1 GHz, delivering 0.625 GOPS to resource-constrained edge devices. While overall energy efficiency is lower than that of computing-only designs, the proposed structure excels in area, gate density, and scalability. This compute-transfer architecture reduces bandwidth bottlenecks and deserialization overhead in multi-chip systems, offering a modular building block for future neural network accelerators.</p>","PeriodicalId":11556,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Letters","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/ell2.70352","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144536876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Deep Feature Retrieval With Human-in-the-Loop for Underwater Hull Fouling Segmentation","authors":"Yajuan Gu, Jiawen Zhao, Junjie Zhang","doi":"10.1049/ell2.70332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/ell2.70332","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The inherent blurriness of underwater images, diversity of fouling patterns, and indistinct boundaries present significant challenges for underwater hull fouling segmentation tasks. To address these challenges, we propose a human–machine collaborative approach for underwater hull fouling segmentation, leveraging deep feature retrieval and local optimisation. Specifically, we first employ an image enhancement model as a preprocessing step to enhance underwater image clarity. Subsequently, a fine-grained segmentation model is utilised to generate initial segmentation results, which are then combined with a prior pixel label retrieval and propagation mechanism to identify locally optimised regions requiring refinement. Finally, manual correction of these localised regions is integrated with the segmentation model's predictions to achieve optimal segmentation performance. Experimental results on our self-constructed underwater hull fouling images dataset demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":11556,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Letters","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/ell2.70332","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144524566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vehicle Target Detection Based on Cross-Modality Projective-Invariant Features Extracted from Unpaired SAR and Infrared Images","authors":"Zhe Geng, Chongqi Xu, Chen Xin, Xiang Yu, Daiyin Zhu","doi":"10.1049/ell2.70336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/ell2.70336","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) automatic target recognition (ATR) is remarkably challenging since the SAR image defies the foundation for human and computer vision, i.e., the Gestalt perceptual principles. We propose to address this problem by fusing the target features reflected in SAR and infrared (IR) images via a novel dual-channel context-guided feature-alignment network (CGFAN) that is capable of fusing the cross-modality projective-invariant features extracted from unpaired SAR and IR images. First, region of interest (ROI) matching between SAR and IR images is realized based on special landmarks exhibiting consistent cross-modality features. After that, generative models trained with historical SAR and IR images are used to synthesize SAR images based on the IR images collected in real time for the current mission. Since SAR imaging takes more time than IR imaging, by using these synthesized SAR images as auxiliary data, the spatial-coverage rate in a typical collaborative SAR/IR ATR mission carried out by drone swarms is effectively improved. The proposed CGFAN is tested against the proprietary monostatic-bistatic circular SAR and IR dataset constructed by the researchers at our institution, which consists of nine types of military vehicles. Experimental results show that the proposed CGFAN offers better ATR performance than the baseline networks.A novel dual-channel CGFAN that is capable of fusing the cross-modality projective-invariant features extracted from unpaired SAR and IR images is proposed. First, ROI matching between SAR and IR images are realized based on special landmarks exhibiting consistent cross-modality features. After that, generative models trained with historical SAR and IR images are used to synthesize SAR images based on the IR images collected in real time for the current mission.</p>","PeriodicalId":11556,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Letters","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/ell2.70336","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144514759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimal Energy-Delay Tradeoff in Heterogeneous Distributed Computing Systems","authors":"Linglin Kong, Chi Wan Sung","doi":"10.1049/ell2.70349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/ell2.70349","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This letter investigates the workload allocation in heterogeneous distributed computing systems. The optimal energy-delay tradeoff is completely characterized by identifying all the Pareto optimal solutions in a bi-objective optimization problem. For the scenario with a large number of subtasks, the problem is approximated by continuous relaxation, which can be solved with the time complexity of <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>O</mi>\u0000 <mo>(</mo>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <mi>N</mi>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 </msup>\u0000 <mo>)</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$mathcal {O}(N^2)$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>, where <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>N</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$N$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> is the number of computing devices. Numerical studies show the effectiveness of our approaches and demonstrate the energy-delay tradeoff in distributed computing systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":11556,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Letters","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/ell2.70349","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144514760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhen Sun, Zhenggang Guan, Qinghua Li, Mengyang Yuan, Haonan Sun
{"title":"Fine-Grained Temporal Encoding and Decoding-Based Underwater Object Tracking","authors":"Zhen Sun, Zhenggang Guan, Qinghua Li, Mengyang Yuan, Haonan Sun","doi":"10.1049/ell2.70346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/ell2.70346","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Underwater object tracking is a highly challenging task in the field of computer vision. This study focuses on this domain and proposes an innovative fine-grained temporal encoding and decoding-based underwater object tracking method. Due to the complex and dynamic underwater environment, such as uneven lighting, turbid water quality, and complex target motion patterns, existing underwater object tracking methods face significant limitations in accuracy and stability. By carefully designing a refinement module that combines fine-grained consistency and candidate elimination, this method can accurately extract fine-grained features of the target and effectively mitigate the interference of various underwater complexities during feature extraction, thereby improving the precision of target features. Furthermore, leveraging the temporal encoding–decoding module, the target features are continuously propagated along the temporal sequence, allowing full utilization of the relational information between frames, which further enhances tracking stability. Experiments were conducted on the UVOT400 dataset, which is large-scale and rich in attributes with diverse target categories. The results demonstrate that, compared to existing methods, this approach significantly outperforms in both accuracy and stability of underwater object tracking, providing new insights and effective solutions for the advancement of underwater object tracking technology.</p>","PeriodicalId":11556,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Letters","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1049/ell2.70346","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144503288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}