A survey was conducted testing the aptitude of neural networks to recognize human faces. The motivation for this a study is the possibility of designing automatic security systems. Pictures of 511 subjects were collected. The pictures captured both profiles and many natural expressions of the subject. Some of the subjects were wearing glasses, sunglasses or hats in some of the pictures. The images ...

A large variety of heating devices are being used in the industry. Two widely used smart heating devices are discussed in this study. These heating devices are Peltier/thermoelectric (TE) and Positive Temperature Coefficient (PTC) resistive heater. This study provides detailed experimentation of PTC heater and Peltier device at room conditions and cold environment. The thermal response of both ...

Optical nanoscopy is an emerging field and enables super-resolution of biological cells. Among the existing nanoscopy techniques, structured illumination microscopy (SIM) is most promising candidate for live cell imaging due to its high-imaging speed, limited photo-toxicity and its suitability with most commonly used fluorophore. One of research focus of the optics group at the department is to ...

In this thesis, the reflectance was measured for angles from 10 deg to 80 deg for different n-type silicon based solar cells and for solar absorbers. The measurements were done with unpolarized, p polarized and s polarized light. The reflectance results show that both the solar cells and solar absorbers perform well under small variation from perpendicular angle well but as the angle of incidence ...

Many stars are known to have dust disks, which are created through collisions between planetesimals, comparable to comets and asteroids in our solar system. Cosmic dust around a star absorbs electromagnetic radiation and re-radiates at a longer wavelength, determined by its temperature. The thermal emission of the dust can be observed. In certain systems, including the solar system, some of the dust ...

The study of organ tissues, namely, histology, is essential for clinical medicine, as it allows the identification of a wide range of diseases. Traditionally, two major techniques, optical and electron microscopy, have been used for morphological observation of tissue sections. Optical microscopy (OM) allows for fast-acquisition high-throughput imaging, at the expense of diffraction-limited resolution ...

Interchange motions of magnetized plasmas due to either a non-uniform magnetic field or a gravitational field lead to charge polarization within a filamentary structure and set up convection. In this project we have provided a clear derivation of the two-field model equations that describe these filament motions. We have also derived an energy theorem for small amplitude oscillations. We have ...

According to the scientific consensus, the Arctic is currently in a state of unprecedented change. In recent years, climate change has been identified as the main cause of Arctic sea ice decline. For this reason, the need to have access to timely and cost effective data is of great importance. Remote sensing via Earth orbiting satellites offers extensive data coverage in areas that are typically ...

The main objective of this thesis is to optimize the thickness of sensitive polymer layer highly doped with Cryptophane-A for methane pre-concentration and to make the existing sensor more stable and selective towards methane. In recent years, methane detection has become a hot topic due to the strong impact of methane on the global warming and the climate change. There has also been rising ...

This thesis outlines initial motivations and propositions for the Mesospheric Optical Magnetometry (MOM) project, using lidar equipment at ALOMAR observatory in northern Norway to initiate a novel technique for measuring Earth’s magnetic field at approximately 90 km altitude. Included is an in-depth discussion of the physical phenomena within Earth’s mesospheric sodium layer, relevant atomic physics, ...