Abstract: A position and posture estimation apparatus includes: a laser sensor configured to be disposed on at least one of left and right sides of a forklift, to emit laser light to a side surface of a pallet lifted by a fork, and to receive reflected light of the laser light and acquire a laser measurement point group; and an estimation calculation unit configured to estimate a position and a posture of the pallet with respect to the fork based on the laser measurement point group acquired by the laser sensor.

Abstract: An optical device cut from a wafer into a chip by dicing, on the wafer, the optical device includes a plurality of optical waveguides; an optical circuit connected to the optical waveguide; and of the plurality of optical waveguides, a testing optical waveguide that guides test light to the optical circuit to be tested, by bypassing a non-connected optical waveguide portion at a terrace for mounting an optical chip component.

Abstract: Various systems and methods for performing fast fail-over. One method involves receiving a packet at a primary forwarder node of a core network, determining whether the packet was received from a secondary forwarder node of the core network, via a tunnel, and, in response to a determination that the packet was received via the tunnel, forwarding the packet to another node in the core network. The tunnel communicatively couples the primary forwarder node and the secondary forwarder node. The primary forwarder node and the secondary forwarder node communicatively couple a local network and the core network. The packet was transmitted from the local network.

Abstract: The present invention provides devices, systems, and methods for producing bi-photons without the need for complex alignment or source design by the user. The invention provides a tunable source of high-brightness, high-visibility, bi-photons that can be configured for a number of applications.

Abstract: A LIDAR-type device for a remote spectroscopy of a matter includes an optical emission channel that includes a laser source and an optical waves frequency generator to generate a first comb, a second comb, and a local comb. Each comb includes at least one stripe. A transmit telescope emits an emission signal. A reception channel includes a receive telescope that receives a signal reflected by the matter traversed by the emission signal and a detection system that detects a first beat signal of the at least one stripe of the local comb with the corresponding first stripe of the first reflected comb, a second beat signal of the at least one stripe of the local comb with the corresponding second stripe of the second reflected comb, and a third beat signal of the at least one first beat signal with the at least one second beat signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a differential refractometer for gradient chromatography. In an exemplary embodiment, the differential refractometer includes a solvent delay volume, an eluent flow meter coupled to an eluent inlet of a sample cell, a solvent flow regulator coupled to an outlet of the solvent delay volume and coupled to a solvent inlet of a reference cell, an instrument controller configured to receive the eluent flow rate from the eluent flow meter, configured to receive the solvent flow rate from the solvent flow regulator, configured to receive a flow rate ratio from a flow rate ratio data source, wherein the flow rate ratio indicates a ratio of the eluent flow rate to the solvent flow rate, and an optical bench configured to measure a difference between a refractive index of the eluent present in the sample cell and a refractive index of the solvent present in the reference cell.

Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting a beam path for tracking an object includes an illumination unit to generate an illumination light beam, an optical unit with a beam expander optical unit and a beam deflection unit, the beam expander optical unit being configured to divergently expand the illumination light beam and the beam deflection unit being configured to deflect the illumination light beam spatially about two different axes of rotation, a detector unit to capture a light beam reflected by the object in response to an illumination by the illumination light beam and to generate a measurement signal, an evaluation and control unit to evaluate the measurement signal and configured to determine a manipulated variable for setting an effective focal length of the beam expander optical unit and/or for setting a spatial alignment of the beam deflection unit based on the information item in respect of the illumination of the object.

Abstract: A wireless device receives one or more radio resource control messages comprising configuration parameters for a cell. The configuration parameters indicate a plurality of coreset groups corresponding to a plurality of transmission and reception points (TRPs). Each coreset in the plurality of coreset groups is associated with a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state. A coreset group of the plurality of coreset groups is selected for a radio link monitoring of the cell. The selection is in response to the coreset group comprising a coreset with a pre-defined index value. One or more reference signals are monitored based on one or more TCI states of one or more coresets of the coreset group.

Abstract: A light detection device includes a Fabry-Perot interference filter, a light detector, a spacer that has a placement surface on which a portion outside a light transmission region in a bottom surface of the interference filter is placed, and an adhesive member that adheres the interference filter and the spacer to each other. Elastic modulus of the adhesive member is smaller than elastic modulus of the spacer. At least a part of a lateral surface of the interference filter is located on the placement surface such that a part of the placement surface of the spacer is disposed outside the lateral surface. The adhesive member is disposed in a corner portion formed by the lateral surface of the interference filter and the part of the placement surface of the spacer and contacts each of the lateral surface and the part of the placement surface.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, provided is a method by which a first apparatus performs sidelink communication. The method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, information about an S-SSB transmission resource; determining, on the basis of the information about the S-SSB transmission resource, a plurality of first slots within a first S-SSB period having an S-SSB period length, associated with a plurality of first S-SSBs; transmitting, to a second apparatus, the plurality of first S-SSBs on the plurality of first slots, wherein a slot interval between the plurality of first slots may be the same within the first S-SSB period.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) message associated with a random access channel (RACH) procedure to a non-terrestrial network node. The UE may monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for a contention resolution message associated with the RACH procedure during a contention resolution window. In some aspects, the UE may start to monitor the PDCCH a variable time period after the PUSCH message is transmitted. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: A method for transmitting payload and/or control data in downlink and/or uplink directions between a base station entity and a user equipment of a mobile communication network includes: in a first step, the user equipment detects the at least one downlink control signal and the specific downlink radio transmission frequency as an initial downlink radio transmission resource; and in a second step, subsequent to the first step, the user equipment receives downlink control information from the base station entity. The content or value of the downlink control information indicates or defines an initial uplink radio transmission resource.

Abstract: To optimize an imaging range in a depth direction in terms of a relationship with a resolution, an OCT apparatus includes a signal processor that determines a reflected light intensity distribution of an imaging object on the basis of a spectrum of a detected interference light. The signal processor performs spectrum conversion, having a conversion characteristic with which a light source spectrum is converted to a Gaussian distribution curve, on the spectrum of the interference light, and determines the reflected light intensity distribution by Fourier-transforming a spectrum resulting from the spectrum conversion. In the conversion characteristic, the light source spectrum and the Gaussian distribution curve have center wavelengths differing from each other.

Abstract: A method of performing a virtual network function (VNF) is disclosed. The method comprises forking a user plane process on a computer by a VNF process that executes on the computer, forking a control plane process on the computer by VNF process, adding blocks to a user plane blockchain by the user plane process that record user plane events, and adding blocks to a control plane blockchain by the control plane process that record control plane events. The method also comprises creating a first information package by the user plane process based on the user plane blockchain, self-terminating by the user plane process while passing the first package of information to the VNF process, creating a second information package by the control plane process based on the control plane blockchain, and self-terminating by the control plane process while passing the second package of information to the VNF process.

Abstract: Provided are an optical modulating device and a system including the optical modulating device. The optical modulating device includes a substrate, and a phase modulator formed on the substrate and including a Fabry-Perot cavity. The Fabry-Perot cavity of the phase modulator includes a first reflective layer, a second reflective layer, and a tunable core formed between the first reflective layer and the second reflective layer, wherein the tunable core is formed of a semiconductor material and is configured to modulate a phase of light corresponding to modulation of a refractive index of the tunable core according to electrical control.

Abstract: A method for measuring a refractive index of a medium includes exciting a first antisymmetric resonance of a first metasurface, including a first periodic array of resonators formed on a substrate surface, with illumination incident on the first metasurface at a non-normal incidence angle with respect to the substrate surface, the first metasurface including the medium encapsulating the first periodic array of resonators. The method also includes determining a refractive index of the medium from a first amplitude of a first transmitted signal that includes a portion of the illumination transmitted through the first metasurface.

Abstract: A measuring device for measuring the absorbance of a substance in at least one solution provided in at least two flow cells of the measuring device, wherein said measuring device comprises: —a light source transmitting a first light ray; —said at least two flow cells; —an optical arrangement comprising at least two semi-transparent mirrors with different transmission properties, said optical arrangement being arranged for dividing the first light ray coming from the light source into separate light parts, one for passing each flow cell and one for entering directly after the optical arrangement a reference detector; and —one detector provided after each flow cell for detecting light having passed through the flow cells.

Abstract: A method and device for resource configuration are provided. In the method: a terminal receiving first control information sent by a network device, a bandwidth part (BWP) currently activated by the terminal being a first BWP, the first control information comprising first indication information, the first indication information indicating that the BWP to be activated is a second BWP; and the terminal determining whether both of the first BWP and the second BWP can be activated at the same time, and if so, the terminal activating the second BWP while keeping the first BWP to be in an activated state.

Abstract: One or more devices, systems, methods and storage mediums for performing common path optical coherence tomography (OCT) with a controlled reference signal and efficient geometric coupling are provided. Examples of such applications include imaging, evaluating and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for Gastro-intestinal, cardio and/or ophthalmic applications, and being obtained via one or more optical instruments, such as, but not limited to, optical probes (e.g., common path probes), common path catheters, common path capsules and common path needles (e.g., a biopsy needle). Preferably, the OCT devices, systems methods and storage mediums include or involve a reference reflection or a reference plane that is at least one of: (i) disposed in the collimation field or path; and (ii) is perpendicular (or normal) or substantially perpendicular (or substantially normal) to light propagation.

Abstract: A laser radar system using collocated laser beams to unambiguously detects a range of a target and a range rate at which the target is moving relative to the laser radar system. Another aspect of various embodiments of the invention may relate to a laser radar system that uses multiple laser radar sections to obtain multiple simultaneous measurements (or substantially so), whereby both range and range rate can be determined without various temporal effects introduced by systems employing single laser sections taking sequential measurements. In addition, other aspects of various embodiments of the invention may enable faster determination of the range and rate of the target, a more accurate determination of the range and rate of the target, and/or may provide other advantages.