Abstract: A fiber amplifier is provided, including a pump laser (202), a pump and signal combiner (203), and a few-mode doped fiber (204). The pump laser (202) is configured to output pump light. The pump and signal combiner (203) is configured to couple input few-mode signal light and the pump light into the few-mode doped fiber (204). Refractive indexes of a fiber core of the few-mode doped fiber (204) are distributed to be gradient along a radial direction of a cross section, the fiber core is etched with periodic gratings along an axial direction, and periods of the gratings satisfy a phase matching condition. The fiber amplifier achieves strong coupling and co-amplification between optical signal modes, thereby reducing a differential gain between mode groups.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fabrication method that includes providing a workpiece having a semiconductor substrate that includes a first circuit area and a second circuit area; forming a first active region in the first circuit area and a second active region on the second circuit area; forming first stacks with a first gate spacing on the first active region and second gate stacks with a second gate spacing on the second active region, the second gate spacing being different from the first gate spacing; performing an ion implantation to introduce a doping species to the first active region; performing an etching process, thereby recessing both first source/drain regions of the first active region with a first etch rate and second source/drain regions of the second active region; and epitaxially growing first source/drain features within the first source/drain regions and second source/drain features within the second source/drain regions.

Abstract: A method of modifying a common phase error (CPE) estimate of a slot including symbols, the method including receiving a CPE value corresponding to a symbol of a slot by an artificial neural network, generating a modified CPE value with the artificial neural network, and outputting the modified CPE value from the artificial neural network.

Abstract: The present disclosure sets forth ink compositions having a biodegradable polyurethane binder that can be used for textile printing. In one example, an ink composition can include water, an organic co-solvent, a colorant, and a biodegradable polyurethane binder. The biodegradable polyurethane binder can include prepolymer segments including polymerized monomers of a diisocyanate and a diol. The diol can include to terminal 6-hydroxyhexanoate groups linked by an organic linking group. Chain extenders can connect the prepolymer segments. The chain extenders can include a polymerized diamine.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first channel region, a second channel region, and a first insulating fin, the first insulating fin being interposed between the first channel region and the second channel region. The first insulating fin includes a lower portion and an upper portion. The lower portion includes a fill material. The upper portion includes a first dielectric layer on the lower portion, the first dielectric layer being a first dielectric material, a first capping layer on the first dielectric layer, the first capping layer being a second dielectric material, the second dielectric material being different than the first dielectric material, and a second dielectric layer on the first capping layer, the second dielectric layer being the first dielectric material.

Abstract: The disclosed technology provides for secure data caching by an edge network for an electronic device. The secure data caching can be provided by including a personal edge network and a remote edge network in the edge network. The remote edge network may include storage nodes that are accessible by multiple users. The personal edge network may include devices that are associated with the electronic device and a user of the electronic device, and that have been enrolled as storage nodes of the personal edge network.

Abstract: An ear thermometer capable of identifying an infrared transmittance of a probe cover is provided and includes an ear thermometer body, a probe, and a plurality of activation elements. The probe is disposed on the ear thermometer body. A closed end of the probe cover is used for infrared transmittance, and the probe cover has different infrared transmittances according to a thickness variation thereof. The activation elements are disposed on the ear thermometer body and configured to detect the infrared transmittance of the probe cover. Each of the activation elements includes an ON state and an OFF state so that the activation elements are arranged to form different sensor combinations, which respectively correspond to different infrared transmittances, and any two of the different sensor combinations have the two corresponding infrared transmittances that are different from one another.

Abstract: A data transmission method, performed by a receive end, includes: receiving notification information that is about to-be-transmitted data and that is sent by a transmit end, where the notification information includes a size of the to-be-transmitted data of the transmit end; generating a plurality of RDMA read requests based on the size of the to-be-transmitted data; and sending the plurality of RDMA read requests to the transmit end, where a bandwidth occupied by data read by the plurality of sent RDMA read requests is less than or equal to an ingress bandwidth of the receive end.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a dielectric structure within a metal interconnect over a substrate. The dielectric structure includes a cavity. A first dielectric layer provides a roof for the cavity. A second dielectric layer provides a floor for the cavity. A material distinct from the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer provides a side edge for the cavity. In a central area of the cavity, the cavity has a constant height. The height may be selected to provide a low parasitic capacitance between features above and below the cavity. The roof of the cavity may be flat. A gate dielectric may be formed over the roof. The dielectric structure is particularly useful for reducing parasitic capacitances when employing back-end-of-line (BEOL) transistors.

Abstract: Organic light emitting materials and devices comprising phosphorescent metal complexes comprising ligands comprising aryl or heteroaryl groups substituted at both ortho positions are described. An organic light emitting device, comprising: an anode, a hole transport layer; an organic emissive layer comprising an emissive layer host and an emissive dopant; an electron impeding layer, and electron transport layer, and a cathode disposed, in that order, over a substrate.

Abstract: Provided are engineered human immune cells, a preparation method, and an application thereof. The engineered human immune cells are immune killer lymphocytes induced by reprogramming human T cells, from which the BCL11B gene is deleted. The engineered human immune cells retain markers and functions of the T cells from which they are derived and have markers and functions of NK cells. The reprogrammed engineered human immune cells can be used to prepare drugs for treating tumors and infectious diseases.

Abstract: An InGaN/GaN multiple quantum well blue light detector combined with embedded electrode and passivation layer structure and a preparation method and an application thereof are provided. The detector includes: a Si substrate, an AlN/AlGaN/GaN buffer layer, a u-GaN/AlN/u-GaN/SiNx/u-GaN buffer layer, an n-GaN buffer layer, an InGaN/GaN superlattice layer and an InGaN/GaN multiple quantum well layer in sequence from bottom to top. The multiple quantum well layer has a groove structure, a mesa and a groove of the multiple quantum well layer are provided with a Si3N4 passivation layer. The passivation layer in the groove is provided with a first metal layer electrode with a semicircular cross section, and the passivation layer on the mesa is provided with second metal layer electrode.

Abstract: A synchronization method between an active stylus and a touch device includes determining whether the active stylus approaches the touch device; starting a timing configuration process after the touch device receives a response signal from the active stylus; and starting a timing calibration process after the timing configuration process is completed.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for driving an OLED touch-and-display device, a driving circuit, and an OLED touch-and-display device. The method includes: generating gate driving signals that are sequentially shifted based on the first clock signal (GCK); sequentially applying the gate driving signals that are sequentially shifted to the plurality of GLs; writing display data in a display driving period for each row of pixels, to the row of pixels, wherein a time length of the display driving period depends on a corresponding gate driving signal and is smaller than the clock cycle; and for a display driving period for each of at least one row of pixels, setting a touch detection period corresponding to the display driving period or corresponding to the display driving period for previous row of pixels at least partially overlapping with the display driving period in time.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic cigarette with automatic preheating in anticipation of a smoking action and a control method thereof, where the electronic cigarette includes a liquid storage chamber, a battery, a vaporizing device, a control circuit, and a preheating element, the control circuit is provided with electronic components including a gravity sensor, a temperature detection unit, and a microcontroller, and is configured as: when the gravity sensor senses a certain range of a movement change of the electronic cigarette, the microcontroller predetermines that the movement change indicates a smoking action, the microcontroller determines whether to preheat according to a real-time temperature value detected by the temperature detection unit, if the smoking action is indicated and preheating is required, the preheating element is controlled to heat for a preset heating period or until a preset target temperature value is reached, the electronic cigarette enters a standby smoking state.

Abstract: A method is described for delivering a single domain antibody or a therapeutic molecule from an apical surface of a polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (pIgR)-expressing cell to a basolateral surface of the pIgR-expressing cell comprising contacting the pIgR-expressing cell with the single domain antibody or the therapeutic molecule, wherein the single domain antibody binds to pIgR, and the therapeutic molecule comprises an agent and the single domain antibody. A method is also described for transporting such a therapeutic molecule to systemic circulation or lamina propria or gastrointestinal tract of a subject comprising administering the therapeutic molecule to the subject via oral delivery, buccal delivery, nasal delivery or inhalation delivery.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a first light-emitting diode, an encapsulant and a first Fresnel lens. The first light emitting diode is located on the substrate. The encapsulant covers the first light emitting diode. The first Fresnel lens is located on the encapsulant and overlapping with the first light emitting diode. The width of the first Fresnel lens is 4 to 10 times the width of the first light emitting diode.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides acoustic and natural language processing (NLP) models for predicting whether a subject has a behavioral or mental health state of interest based at least in part on input speech from said subject.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a fin structure in which first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers are alternately stacked is formed, a sacrificial gate structure is formed over the fin structure, a source/drain region of the fin structure, which is not covered by the sacrificial gate structure, is etched, thereby forming a source/drain space, the first semiconductor layers are laterally etched through the source/drain space, and a source/drain epitaxial layer is formed in the source/drain space. An inner spacer made of a dielectric material is formed on an end of each of the etched first semiconductor layers and at least one of the spacer has width changes along vertical direction of device. At least one of the first semiconductor layers has a composition different from another of the first semiconductor layers.

Abstract: A microstructure may be provided by forming a metal layer such as a molybdenum layer over a substrate. An aluminum nitride layer is formed on a top surface of the metal layer. A surface portion of the aluminum nitride layer is converted into a continuous aluminum oxide-containing layer by oxidation. A dielectric spacer layer may be formed over the continuous aluminum oxide-containing layer. Contact via cavities extending through the dielectric spacer layer, the continuous aluminum oxide containing layer, and the aluminum nitride layer and down to a respective portion of the at least one metal layer may be formed using etch processes that contain a wet etch step while suppressing formation of an undercut in the aluminum nitride layer. Contact via structures may be formed in the contact via cavities. The microstructure may include a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device containing a piezoelectric transducer.