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{"title":"A glovebox-integrated confocal microscope for quantum sensing in inert atmosphere.","authors":"Kseniia Volkova, Abhijeet M Kumar, Kirill Bolotin, Boris Naydenov","doi":"10.1063/5.0244999","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0244999","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Confocal microscopy is an invaluable tool for studying fluorescent materials and finds a wide application in biology and in quantum sensing. Usually, these experiments are performed under ambient conditions, but many materials are air sensitive (for example, black phosphorus) and degrade quickly under the strong laser irradiance. Here, we present a glovebox-integrated confocal microscope designed for nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center-based nano-scale sensing and NMR spectroscopy in an inert gas atmosphere. Using black phosphorus as a test material, we confirm that the glovebox maintains low oxygen levels and prevents material degradation during laser exposure. We demonstrate the setup's capabilities through experiments that show NV center detection and spin manipulation under a black phosphorus flake. This custom-built system enables the study of air-sensitive materials and opens new perspectives for exploring surface chemistry in a controlled environment. Our work outlines both the strengths and the challenges of using a glovebox-integrated confocal microscope for quantum technology applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143024469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Direct calibration of microwave amplification chain on an axion cavity haloscope.","authors":"Hsin Chang, Han-Wen Liu, Hien Thi Doan, Yung-Fu Chen","doi":"10.1063/5.0226673","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0226673","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In an axion haloscope, the weak photon signal, theoretically converted from axions, is captured by a detection cavity. The signal from the cavity is too weak to be acquired by a signal receiver. The amplification chain assists the signal acquisition by amplifying the signal and requires accurate gain calibration. Typically, the readout line is calibrated using the Y-factor method, involving a switch that directs either the detection line or the calibration line to the amplification chain. The detection and calibration lines may have different transmissions, which leads to the calibration results being less accurate. In response, we propose a calibration method that eliminates the need for a switch. In this approach, the cavity temperature is decoupled from its incoming noise source and can be controlled, resulting in excess or deficiency of the noise spectrum near its resonance frequency. The experimental result shows that the gain of the amplification chain can be calibrated directly using the temperature-varied cavity radiation.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143024473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"FPGA acceleration of tensor network computing for quantum spin models.","authors":"Yang Liang, Songtai Lv, Zhexuan Tang, Liguo Zhou, Qibin Zheng, Haiyuan Zou","doi":"10.1063/5.0239473","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0239473","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Increasing the degree of freedom for quantum entanglement within tensor networks can enhance the depiction of the essence in many-body systems. However, this enhancement comes with a significant increase in computational complexity and critical slowing down, which drastically increases time consumption. This work converts a quantum tensor network algorithm into a classical circuit on the Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and arranges the computing unit with a dense parallel design, efficiently optimizing the time consumption. Test results show that the FPGA-based design achieves a computational speed 1.7 times greater than that of the central processing unit and is comparable to the graphics processing unit. This work explores a scalable and reusable approach suitable for parallel tensor operations implemented on FPGA, advancing research in quantum physics for many-body computing and quantum technologies.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143024476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Electron temperature measurement from neutral atomic tungsten emission line ratio.","authors":"Steven F Adams, Chase S Murray, Neil A Pohl","doi":"10.1063/5.0238579","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0238579","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A method to determine electron temperature within a plasma by the spectral analysis of atomic tungsten emission has been explored. The technique was applied to a post-discharge region immediately following a high voltage nanosecond pulsed discharge in air with tungsten electrodes. Atomic tungsten lines are readily observed in the weak emission spectrum within the post-discharge region for many microseconds. Intensity ratios were measured at various times after the pulsed discharge for a select pair of neutral tungsten emission lines at 400.88 and 401.52 nm, where the upper electronic levels of each transition are at 3.46 and 5.52 eV respectively. This significant difference in upper state energy causes their line intensity ratio to vary as the electron temperature changes. In addition to the emission spectra, the absolute electron temperature could be accurately measured in our lab using laser Thomson scattering to calibrate the new tungsten emission line intensity ratio method. An analysis is presented that calculates electron temperature from these tungsten emission data assuming a Maxwellian electron energy distribution contributing to direct electron impact excitation to the upper states of each transition. The results included the derivation of a calibration factor between the two experimental methods representing a previously unreported ratio of Einstein A coefficients for the 400.88-401.52 nm transitions. This derivation provides a method for future measurement of absolute electron temperature by the 400.88-401.52 nm tungsten line intensity ratio without the need for laser Thomson scattering calibration.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142932340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A multi-band high-sensitivity microwave sensor for simultaneous detection of two dielectric materials.","authors":"Chen Wang, Xiaoming Liu, Dan Zhang, Xiaofan Yang","doi":"10.1063/5.0235295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0235295","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A multi-band high-sensitivity microwave sensor is reported. The two resonance units are based on complementary square spiral resonators (CSSRs) and produce four measurement bands through parasitic resonances. The four frequency bands are 2.001, 2.988, 5.438, and 7.755 GHz, respectively. Through an analysis of the coupling effects between the two CSSR resonance units, it is shown that the sensor is capable of simultaneously characterizing two samples with distinct dielectric properties. By adding a metal patch to the microstrip line, the overall quality factor of the sensor is enhanced, leading to higher sensitivity and accuracy in both real and imaginary part measurements. The measurement results demonstrate that this sensor provides an accurate and efficient solution for solid permittivity measurements.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143010813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An improved endwall-injection technique for examining high-temperature ignition of lubricating oils in shock tubes.","authors":"Matthew Abulail, Sean P Cooper, Darryl J Mohr, Eric L Petersen","doi":"10.1063/5.0235815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0235815","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ignition of the lubricating fluid in a mechanical system is a highly undesirable and unsafe condition that can arise from the elevated temperatures and pressures to which the lubricant is subjected. It is therefore important to understand the fundamental chemistry behind its ignition to predict and prevent this condition. Lubricating oils, particularly those with a mineral oil base, are very complex mixtures of thousands of hydrocarbons. Additionally, these oils have very low vapor pressures and high viscosities. These physical characteristics present considerable barriers to examining and understanding lubricant ignition chemistry. Therefore, a novel experimental design was devised to create and introduce a lubricant aerosol into a shock-tube facility in a reliable yet relatively simple manner. In this way, the lubricant can be quasi-homogeneously introduced into the shock tube where it will be vaporized by the incident shock wave, and combustion can be observed behind the reflected shock wave. To characterize the technique and anchor it with previously established methods, n-hexadecane was chosen to be tested both with the endwall injection and the well-established, heated shock tube techniques. This comparison showed good agreement, proving the ability of the simple technique to produce reliable ignition delay time (IDT) results. From here, Jet-A was also tested with the current injection technique and compared to a previous generation of the technique to highlight the advantages of the present method. Then, IDT results for mineral oil were collected to establish a baseline IDT set to which off-the-shelf lubricants and additional mixtures can be compared. Finally, IDTs for the off-the-shelf, mineral-based lubricant Mobil DTE 732 were obtained and compared to the baseline as well as the n-hexadecane results. All experiments were conducted near atmospheric pressure and for temperatures between 1084 and 1530 K. An analysis of the system estimated the effective stoichiometry to be around ϕ = 1.15. Although no kinetics mechanisms exist for lubrication oils, preliminary model predictions made by modern chemical kinetics mechanisms for an alkane with 16 carbon atoms were then compared to the results to elucidate some of the chemistry this new method will allow the community to probe. This paper establishes the new method as a viable way to study and compare the ignition behavior of lubricating oils and other very low-vapor-pressure fuels in a shock tube.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142954033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Dynamic domain adaptive EEG emotion recognition based on multi-source selection.","authors":"Zhongmin Wang, Mengxuan Zhao","doi":"10.1063/5.0231511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0231511","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Emotion recognition based on electroencephalogram (EEG) has always been a research hotspot. However, due to significant individual variations in EEG signals, cross-subject emotion recognition based on EEG remains a challenging issue to address. In this article, we propose a dynamic domain-adaptive EEG emotion recognition method based on multi-source selection. The method considers each subject as a separate domain, filters suitable source domains from multiple subjects by assessing their resemblance, then further extracts the common and domain-specific features of the source and target domains, and then employs dynamic domain adaptation to mitigate inter-domain discrepancies. Global domain differences and local subdomain differences are also considered, and a dynamic factor is added so that the model training process first focuses on global distribution differences and gradually switches to local subdomain distributions. We conducted cross-subject and cross-session experiments on the SEED and SEED-IV datasets, respectively, and the cross-subject accuracies were 89.76% and 65.28%; the cross-session experiments were 91.63% and 67.83%. The experimental outcomes affirm the efficacy of the EEG emotion recognition approach put forward in this paper.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142954082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A multi-scale cognitive interaction model of instrument operations at the Linac Coherent Light Source.","authors":"Jonathan Isaac Segal, Wan-Lin Hu, Paul H Fuoss, Frank E Ritter, Jeff Shrager","doi":"10.1063/5.0239302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0239302","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) is the world's first x-ray free electron laser. It is a scientific user facility operated by the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, at Stanford, for the U.S. Department of Energy. As beam time at LCLS is extremely valuable and limited, experimental efficiency-getting the most high quality data in the least time-is critical. Our overall project employs cognitive engineering methodologies with the goal of improving experimental efficiency and increasing scientific productivity at LCLS by refining experimental interfaces and workflows, simplifying tasks, reducing errors, and improving operator safety and stress. Here, we describe a multi-agent, multi-scale computational cognitive interaction model of instrument operations at LCLS. Our model simulates the aspects of human cognition at multiple cognitive and temporal scales, ranging from seconds to hours, and among agents playing multiple roles, including instrument operator, real time data analyst, and experiment manager. The model can roughly predict impacts stemming from proposed changes to operational interfaces and workflows. Example results demonstrate the model's potential in guiding modifications to improve operational efficiency. We discuss the implications of our effort for cognitive engineering in complex experimental settings and outline future directions for research. The model is open source, and the videos of the supplementary material provide extensive detail.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143060387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A simple cavity-enhanced laser-based heater for reflective samples.","authors":"Kai Golibrzuch, Alec M Wodtke","doi":"10.1063/5.0248517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0248517","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Surface science instruments require excellent vacuum to ensure surface cleanliness; they also require control of sample temperature, both to clean the surface of contaminants and to control reaction rates at the surface, for example, for molecular beam epitaxy and studies of heterogeneous catalysis. Standard approaches to sample heating within high vacuum chambers involve passing current through filaments of refractory metals, which then heat the sample by convective, radiative, or electron bombardment induced heat transfer. Such hot filament methods lead to outgassing of molecules from neighboring materials that are inadvertently heated; they also produce electrons and ions that may interfere with other aspects of the surface science experiment. Hot filaments may even disintegrate when used in the presence of gases introduced to induce surface reactions on the sample. Optical heating using lasers can deliver energy directly to the sample, ensuring that only the sample is heated and surroundings within the vacuum chamber are not, while simultaneously eliminating the need for hot filaments. Despite this advantage, optical heating is not commonly employed-such methods are considered complex, expensive, and unreliable. More fundamentally, surface scientists are often interested in metallic samples, whose reflectivity may limit the efficiency of laser heating. In this paper, we describe a simple and inexpensive sample heater based on a commercial diode laser, whose heating efficiency is enhanced by a concave aluminum mirror placed behind the sample. The geometry of the reflector and sample ensures that a stable optical cavity is produced. Using only 26 W of laser power directed to the sample with a fiber optic, a 1-cm diameter × 2-mm thick Pt sample could be heated to 1400 K within 1 min. Excellent programmable temperature control and long-term temperature stability are also demonstrated. Sample heating to 900 °C was performed with negligible increase in chamber pressure. The entire setup comprises components costing less than typical electron bombardment heaters.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143067409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A multi-molecular beam/infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy apparatus for probing mechanisms and kinetics of heterogeneously catalyzed reaction from ultrahigh vacuum to near-ambient pressure conditions.","authors":"Carsten Schröder, Philipp A Haugg, Timo Görgens, Sergej Romaker, Henrik Gross, Swetlana Schauermann","doi":"10.1063/5.0237747","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0237747","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A novel multi-molecular beam/infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (IRAS) apparatus is described, which was constructed for studying mechanisms and kinetics of heterogeneously catalyzed reactions following a rigorous surface science approach in the pressure range from ultrahigh vacuum (UHV, 1 × 10-10 mbar) to near-ambient pressure (NAP, 1000 mbar) conditions. The apparatus comprises a preparation chamber equipped with standard surface science tools required for the preparation and characterization of model heterogeneous catalysts and two reaction chambers operating at different pressure ranges: in UHV and in the variable pressure range up to NAP conditions. The UHV reaction chamber contains two effusive molecular beams (flux up to 1.1 × 1015 molecules cm-2 s-1), a quadrupole mass spectrometer, a Fourier-Transform (FT) IRA spectrometer, and a molecular beam monitor for beam aligning. This combination of the methods allows us to independently dose different reactants on the surface in a highly controlled way while simultaneously monitoring the evolution of gaseous products by QMS and recording the evolution of the surface species by FT-IRAS. The second reaction chamber operating in the variable pressure range is equipped with polarization-modulation-IRAS and three gas dosers and is designed as a small reactor, which can be operated in a continuous flow mode. The sample prepared under well-controlled UHV conditions can be in situ transferred between all chambers, thus allowing for investigations of structure-reactivity relationships over model surfaces. In this contribution, we provide a detailed description of the apparatus and the test measurements of the different crucial parts of the apparatus in the variable pressure range.</p>","PeriodicalId":21111,"journal":{"name":"Review of Scientific Instruments","volume":"96 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143010814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}