Browsing Division of Physical and Mathematical Sciences by Subject "Instrumentation"
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Novel Diffraction Based Deflection Profiling For Microcantilever Sensor Technology
(2015-02-04)A novel optical diffraction based technique is proposed and demonstrated to measure deflections of the order of ~1nm in microcantilevers (MC) designed for sensing ultra-small forces of stress. The proposed method ... -
Novel Methods To Interrogate Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors
(2013-02-14)A novel detection technique to estimate the amount of chirp in fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) is proposed. This method is based on the fact that reflectivity at central wavelength of FBG reflection changes with strain/temperature ... -
Numerical Investigation of Segmented Electrode Designs for the Cylindrical Ion Trap and the Orbitrap Mass Analyzers
(2018-02-08)This thesis is a numerical study of fields within ion traps having segmented electrodes1. The focus is on two cylindrical ion trap structures, two Orbit rap structures and one planar structure which mimics the field of the ... -
Numerical Study of Directionality of Ion Ejection In Axially Symmetric Ion Traps
(2013-02-13)In the normal operation of quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometers, the trapped ions are ejected symmetrically through both the upper (detector) and lower(source) endcap electrodes during mass selective boundary ejection ... -
"Optical Diffraction By Micro Cylinder" - A Few Investigations
(2013-04-04)Micro-cylinders with the diameters spanning the 1-20 μm range are growing in importance, for realizing devices with new functionalities. For custom functionalities, their device-designs impose, tolerance-related constraints ... -
Optical Metrology:Techniques For The Measurement Of Optical Parameters
(Indian Institute of Science, 2006-03-08)The work reported in this thesis has been carried out in the following two areas of Optical metrology: 1. Measurement and correction of prism angles 2. Measurement of refractive indices using a spectrograph. The ... -
Optimisation of Coating Protocols for Etched Fibre Bragg Grating Sensors and Applications in Sensing
Fibre Bragg grating sensors, characterised by high sensitivity, flexibility, and immunity to electromagnetic interference, have found applications in commercial-grade temperature and strain sensors. Removing the clad, ... -
Performance Characterization Of A Cylindrical Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer
(2011-01-31)The cylindrical ion trap (CIT) is made up of two planar endcap electrodes and a cylindrical ring electrode. The investigation of simpler geometries like CIT has been started off in recent years with a view towards ... -
Point-of-Care High-throughput Optofluidic Microscope for Quantitative Imaging Cytometry
(2018-03-15)Biological research and Clinical Diagnostics heavily rely on Optical Microscopy for analyzing properties of cells. The experimental protocol for con-ducting a microscopy based diagnostic test consists of several manual ... -
A Preliminary Investigation Of The Role Of Magnetic Fields In Axially Symmetric rf Ion Traps
(2013-07-16)Axially symmetric rf ion traps consists of a mass analyser having three electrodes, one of which is a central ring electrode and the other two are endcap electrodes. In the ideal Paul trap mass spectrometer, the electrodes ... -
A Preliminary Study Of Fields In Split-Electrode Ion Traps
(2014-08-20)Ion traps used in mass spectrometers are of two classes. One class consists of traps having three electrode geometries which have rotational symmetry about central axis. They are called axially symmetric ion traps. Paul ... -
Pressure Sensor Development Using Hard Anodized Aluminum Diaphragm And Thin Film Strain Gauges
(2008-01-16)The sensor is a device that converts a form of energy concerning which the information is sought, called the measurand, to a form (electrical) in which it can be usefully processed or interpreted. Sensors rely on physical ... -
Resonant Excitation Of Ions In Paul Trap Mass Spectrometer
(2007-12-29)A Paul trap mass spectrometer has a three-electrode geometry mass analyzer consisting of two identical end cap electrodes and a ring electrode. Traditionally, the two end cap electrodes are electrically grounded and an RF ... -
Semi Conducting Metal Oxide Gas Sensors: Development And Related Instrumentation
(Indian Institute of Science, 2007-05-21)A sensor is a technological device or biological organ that detects, or senses, a signal or physical condition and chemical compounds. Technological developments in the recent decades have brought along with it several ... -
Shape Optimization Of A Cylilndrical-Electrode Structure To Mimic The Orbitrap
(2016-11-02)The Orbitrap is a mass analyzer that employs an electrostatic field to confine ions. The mass of an ion is determined from the frequency of its axial oscillations in the Orbitrap. The Orbitrap has high resolving power and ... -
Simultaneous Studies Of Electrical Contact Resistance And Thermal Contact Conductance Across Metallic Contacts
(2010-12-07)Contact resistance is the most important and universal characteristic of all types of electrical and thermal contacts. Accurate measurement of contact resistance is important, because it serves as a measure for judging the ... -
Small Angle Measurement Using Optical Caustics From Hollow Cylinders - Few Investingations
(2009-09-15)‘Optical Caustics’ represent some of the most visually striking patterns of the light in nature.They occur when light rays from a source, such as the sun, get refracted, or reflected by curved media so as to bend and alter ...