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Glasgow has a enormous number of technologies that can be used as sensors. Below a few of the many technologies are demonstrated.
Terahertz Dual-band Resonator
Y. Ma et al. "Terahertz dual-band resonator on silicon" Optics Letters 35, 469 (2010): doi:10.1364/OL.35.000469
Si/SiGe Terahertz Superlattice LEDs
G. Matmon et al. "Si/SiGe quantum cascade superlattice designs for terahertz emission" J. Appl. Phys. 107, 053109 (2010): doi:10.1063/1.3319653
Mid-infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers
C.C. Nshii et al. "A unidirectional quantum cascade ring laser" Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 231107 (2010): doi:10.1063/1.3524200
Medipix2 X-ray Detector
D. Pennicard et al. "Synchrotron Tests of a 3D Medipix2 X-Ray Detector" IEEE Trans. Nuclear Sci. 57, 387 (2010): doi:10.1109/TNS.2009.2037746
Large Area X-ray Sensors for Medical Applications
S.E. Bohndiek et al. "Characterization and Testing of LAS: A Prototype `Large Area Sensor' With Performance Characteristics Suitable for Medical Imaging Applications" IEEE Trans. Nuclear Sci. 56, 2938 (2009): doi:10.1109/TNS.2009.2029575
Active Pixel Sensors for Medical Applications
A. Blue et al. "Characterisation of Vanilla - A novel active pixel sensor for radiation detection" Nuclear Instru. Methods Phys. Res. A 581, 287 (2007): doi:10.1016/j.nima.2007.07.124
Ultrasensitive Detection and Characterisation of Biomolecules
E. Hendry et al. "Ultrasensitive detection and characterization of biomolecules using superchiral fields" Nature Nanotech. 5, 783 (2010): doi:10.1038/NNANO.2010.209
Proton Camera Array Technology
M.J. Milgrew and D.R.S. Cumming "A Proton Camera Array Technology for Direct Extracellular Ion Imaging" 2008 IEEE Int. Sympos. Industrial Elec. 1-5, 2524 (2008):
Microfluidics
M. Zagnoni and J.M. Cooper "On-chip electrocoalescence of microdroplets as a function of voltage, frequency and droplet size" Lab on a Chip 28, 2652 (2009): doi:10.1039/b906298j
Split Ring Resonators for Molecular Spectroscopy
A.W. Clark et al. "Nanophotonic split-ring resonators as dichroics for molecular spectroscopy" Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 023121 (2008): doi:10.1063/1.2956389
Ion Sensitive Field Effect Transistors
M.J. Milgrew et al. "Matching the Transconductance Characteristics of CMOS ISFET Arrays by Removing Trapped Charge" IEEE Trans. Elec. Dev. 55, 1074 (2008): doi:10.1109/TED.2008.916680
Alcohol Sensor
C.A. Mills et al. "Polymer-based micro-sensor paired arrays for the determination of primary alcohol vapors" Sensor Actuators B 125, 85 (2007): doi:10.1016/j.snb.2007.01.039
Interrogating STEM cells using Microfluidics
C.A. Mills et al. "Microfluidic single cell arrays to interrogate signalling dynamics of individual, patient-derived hematopoietic stem cells" Lab on a Chip 9, 2659 (2009): doi:10.1039/b902083g
Microfluidic Analysis of Tumor Apoptosis
D. Wlodkowic et al. "Microfluidic Single-Cell Array Cytometry for the Analysis of Tumor Apoptosis" Anal. Chem. 81, 5517 (2009): doi:10.1021/ac9008463
DFB Lasers
F. Pozzi et al. "Dual-Wavelength InAlGaAs-InP Laterally Coupled Distributed Feedback Laser" IEEE Photonics Tech. Lett. 18, 2563 (2006): doi:10.1109/LPT.2006.887205
THz Mode Locked Lasers
D.A. Yanson et al. "Ultrafast harmonic mode-locking of monolithic compound-cavity laser diodes incorporating photonic-bandgap reflectors" IEEE J. Quantum Elec. 38, 1 (2002): doi:10.1109/3.973313
Planar Gunn Diodes
A. Khalid et al. "A Planar Gunn Diode Operating Above 100 GHz" IEEE Elec. Dev. Lett. 28, 849 (2007): doi:10.1109/LED.2007.904218
Thermal Al2O3 Passivated GaN FETs
S. Taking et al. "Surface passivation of AlN/GaN MOS-HEMTs using ultra-thin Al2O3 formed by thermal oxidation of evaporated aluminium" Elec. Lett. 46, 301 (2010): doi:10.1049/el.2010.2781
50 nm T-gate HEMTs operating with fT = 440 GHz
K. Elgaid et al. "50 nm T-gate metamorphic GaAs HEMTs with fT of 440 GHz and noise figure of 0.7 dB at 26 GHz" IEEE Elec. Dev. Lett. 26, 784 (2005): doi:10.1109/LED.2005.857716