Small Satellites Constellations & Network: Architectures and Technologies

Based on two constellation missions cases ( data collect and disaster monitoring by SAR radar ), the study derives architectural and related technologies required in the field of future commercial « small » onstellations. Global management from centralized control station is chosen here, with intermitent inter-plan visibility for 1SL, as imposed by the low altitude and moderatly populated parameters

Properties of a single photon generated by a solid-state emitter: effects of pure dephasing

We investigate the properties of a single photon generated by a solid-state emitter subject to strong pure dephasing. We employ a model in which all the elements of the system, including the propagating fields, are treated quantum mechanically. We analytically derive the density matrix of the emitted photon, which contains full information about the photon, such as its pulse profile, power spectrum, and purity. We visualize these analytical results using realistic parameters and reveal the conditions for maximizing the purity of generated photons.Comment: 25pages(one column), 10 figure

Non-resonant dot-cavity coupling and its applications in resonant quantum dot spectroscopy

We present experimental investigations on the non-resonant dot-cavity coupling of a single quantum dot inside a micro-pillar where the dot has been resonantly excited in the s-shell, thereby avoiding the generation of additional charges in the QD and its surrounding. As a direct proof of the pure single dot-cavity system, strong photon anti-bunching is consistently observed in the autocorrelation functions of the QD and the mode emission, as well as in the cross-correlation function between the dot and mode signals. Strong Stokes and anti-Stokes-like emission is observed for energetic QD-mode detunings of up to ~100 times the QD linewidth. Furthermore, we demonstrate that non-resonant dot-cavity coupling can be utilized to directly monitor and study relevant QD s-shell properties like fine-structure splittings, emission saturation and power broadening, as well as photon statistics with negligible background contributions. Our results open a new perspective on the understanding and implementation of dot-cavity systems for single-photon sources, single and multiple quantum dot lasers, semiconductor cavity quantum electrodynamics, and their implementation, e.g. in quantum information technology.Comment: 17 pages, 4 figure

I-HAZE: a dehazing benchmark with real hazy and haze-free indoor images

Image dehazing has become an important computational imaging topic in the recent years. However, due to the lack of ground truth images, the comparison of dehazing methods is not straightforward, nor objective. To overcome this issue we introduce a new dataset -named I-HAZE- that contains 35 image pairs of hazy and corresponding haze-free (ground-truth) indoor images. Different from most of the existing dehazing databases, hazy images have been generated using real haze produced by a professional haze machine. For easy color calibration and improved assessment of dehazing algorithms, each scene include a MacBeth color checker. Moreover, since the images are captured in a controlled environment, both haze-free and hazy images are captured under the same illumination conditions. This represents an important advantage of the I-HAZE dataset that allows us to objectively compare the existing image dehazing techniques using traditional image quality metrics such as PSNR and SSIM

Active Semiconductor Nanophotonics based on Deterministic Quantum Wire and Dot Systems

investigate the use of MOVPE-grown ordered nanostructures on non-planar substrates for quantum nano-photonics and quantum electrodynamics-based applications. The mastering of surface adatom fluxes on patterned GaAs substrates allows for forming nanostrucutres confining well-defined charge carrier states. An example given is the formation of quantum dot (QD) molecules tunneled-coupled by quantum wires (QWRs), in which both electron and hole states are hybridized. In addition, it is shown that the high degree of symmetry of QDs grown on patterned (111) B substrates makes them efficient entangled-photons emitters. Thanks to the optimal control over their position and emission wavelength, the fabricated nanostructures can be efficiently coupled to photonic nano-cavities. Low-threshold, optically pumped QWR laser incorporating photonic crystal (PhC) membrane cavities are demonstrated. Moreover, phonon-mediated coupling of QD exciton states to PhC cavities is observed. This approach should be useful for integrating more complex systems of QWRs and QDs for forming a variety of active nano-photonic structures

Mt. Kelud haze removal using color attenuation prior

Kelud crater observation using closed-circuit television (CCTV) has not been used as the main guide in the world of volcanology. This is caused by observations manually by volcanologist who is not certain and depends on their ability and experience. In practice, there is still obstacles haze in the image taken from CCTV record. This paper present color attenuation prior method to eliminate haze on the digital image. The results obtained showed that the selected method is capable of eliminating sparse haze and moderate haze but not dense haze

Photoluminescence from a quantum dot-cavity system

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