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Threshold manipulation in parity-time symmetric microresonator chain (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Phang, S., Vukovic, A., Creagh, S., Benson, T. M., Gradoni, G., & Sewell, P. D. (2015). Threshold manipulation in parity-time symmetric microresonator chain.

This paper analyses the eigenfrequencies of an infinitely long chain of microresonators with PT symmetry. The results show that the depth of modulation of the real part of the refractive index can be used to control the threshold point of the PT stru... Read More about Threshold manipulation in parity-time symmetric microresonator chain.

Parity-time chain of whispering-gallery mode resonators (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Phang, S., Vukovic, A., Creagh, S., Benson, T. M., Gradoni, G., & Sewell, P. D. (2015). Parity-time chain of whispering-gallery mode resonators.

The paper analyses the dispersion characteristics of an infinitely long PT chain made of whispering gallery resonators with gain/loss modulation. The results show that the appearance of the threshold breaking point depends not only on both of couplin... Read More about Parity-time chain of whispering-gallery mode resonators.

Evaluating a public display installation with game and video to raise awareness of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Craven, M. P., Simons, L., Gillott, A., North, S., Schnädelbach, H., & Young, Z. (2015). Evaluating a public display installation with game and video to raise awareness of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. In M. Kurosu (Ed.), Human-computer interaction: interaction technologies : 17th International Conference, HCI International 2015, Los Angeles, CA, USA, August 2-7, 2015, Proceedings Part II (584–595). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20916-6_54

Networked Urban Screens offer new possibilities for public health education and awareness. An information video about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) was combined with a custom browser-based video game and successfully deployed on an... Read More about Evaluating a public display installation with game and video to raise awareness of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Photonic biosensor chip for early-stage cancer diagnosis (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Najeeb, N., Zhang, Y., Mellor, C. J., & Benson, T. M. (2015). Photonic biosensor chip for early-stage cancer diagnosis. In 2015 17th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2015.7193316

This paper introduces a generic design of a silicon on silica “lab on a chip” photonic biosensor for medical diagnosis applications, and especially for early-stage cancer diagnosis. The sensitivity of detection of the biosensor developed is at least... Read More about Photonic biosensor chip for early-stage cancer diagnosis.

Separate phase-locking and coherent combining of two laser diodes in a Michelson cavity (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Schimmel, G., Doyen, I., Janicot, S., Ramirez, L., Hanna, M., Georges, P., …Larkins, E. (2015). Separate phase-locking and coherent combining of two laser diodes in a Michelson cavity. In High-Power Diode Laser Technology and Applications XIII. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2079314

We describe a new coherent beam combining architecture based on passive phase-locking of two laser diodes in a Michelson external cavity on their rear facet, and their coherent combination on the front facet. As a proof-of-principle, two ridge lasers... Read More about Separate phase-locking and coherent combining of two laser diodes in a Michelson cavity.

A novel stochastic modelling approach for electric vehicle charging power and energy requirements (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Fazeli, A., Johnson, C. M., Sumner, M., & Christopher, E. (2015). A novel stochastic modelling approach for electric vehicle charging power and energy requirements.

Electrification of heat and transport in addition to integration of intermittent renewable resources into the existing electricity network is expected to occur in near future. Such a transformation is expected to force the operation of the electricit... Read More about A novel stochastic modelling approach for electric vehicle charging power and energy requirements.

Investigating the impact of varying the number of distributed energy resources on controlling the power flow within a microgrid (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Fazeli, A., Sumner, M., Johnson, C. M., & Christopher, E. (2015). Investigating the impact of varying the number of distributed energy resources on controlling the power flow within a microgrid.

The electrification of heat and transport in addition to integration of intermittent renewable resources into the existing electricity network is expected to occur in near future. Such a transformation is expected to force the operation of the electr... Read More about Investigating the impact of varying the number of distributed energy resources on controlling the power flow within a microgrid.

Experimental Evaluation and Efficiency Optimisation of a Grid-Connected Converter for Household Energy Storage Applications (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Kulsangcharoen, P., Asher, G., Rashed, M., Klumpner, C., Patel, C., & De, D. (2014). Experimental Evaluation and Efficiency Optimisation of a Grid-Connected Converter for Household Energy Storage Applications. In 7th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2014). https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2014.0454

This paper presents the design and the experimental evaluation of a power converter for energy storage applications suitable for household installation or to facilitate distributed energy storage capability within a local/community low-voltage grid.... Read More about Experimental Evaluation and Efficiency Optimisation of a Grid-Connected Converter for Household Energy Storage Applications.

Impedance sensitive STATCOM control for systems supported by renewable generation (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Rose, C. J., Sumner, M., Thomas, D. W., & Christopher, E. (in press). Impedance sensitive STATCOM control for systems supported by renewable generation.

Reactive power control is known to be an effective means of controlling voltage; however, for optimal performance, the system reactance must be known. Power systems with high re-newable energy penetration have been known to have voltage stability iss... Read More about Impedance sensitive STATCOM control for systems supported by renewable generation.

Method of efficiently predicting the conducted emissions of multiple VSCs (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Ivry, P. M., Oke, O., Thomas, D. W., & Sumner, M. (in press). Method of efficiently predicting the conducted emissions of multiple VSCs.

Various types of power converters including Voltage Source Converters (VSCs) have been known to produce conducted emissions. The net effect of simultaneously operating multiple VSCs is non-linear and this makes the prediction of the emission level mo... Read More about Method of efficiently predicting the conducted emissions of multiple VSCs.

Background voltage distortion and percentage of nonlinear load impacts on the harmonics produced by a group of personal computers (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Rawa, M., Thomas, D. W., & Sumner, M. (in press). Background voltage distortion and percentage of nonlinear load impacts on the harmonics produced by a group of personal computers.

The penetration of nonlinear loads on power systems increases distortion levels and can cause severe problems to power systems. Many factors affect the degree of generated harmonics including the background voltage distortion and percentage of nonlin... Read More about Background voltage distortion and percentage of nonlinear load impacts on the harmonics produced by a group of personal computers.

A hybrid inverter system for medium voltage applications using a low voltage auxiliary CSI (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Papadopoulos, S., Rashed, M., Klumpner, C., & Wheeler, P. (2014). A hybrid inverter system for medium voltage applications using a low voltage auxiliary CSI. In 2014 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE). https://doi.org/10.1109/ecce.2014.6953779

Hybrid converters consist of a main inverter processing the bulk of the power with poor waveform performance and a fast and versatile auxiliary inverter to correct the distortion. In this paper, the main converter is a medium voltage NPC inverter and... Read More about A hybrid inverter system for medium voltage applications using a low voltage auxiliary CSI.

Power flow control for power and voltage management in future smart energy communities (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Fazeli, A., Sumner, M., Christopher, E., & Johnson, C. M. (2014). Power flow control for power and voltage management in future smart energy communities.

The Community Power Flow Control (CPFC) Algorithm has been proposed as a technique for managing electrical power and energy within small communities. The CPFC manages the resources in the community (DSM, energy storage, RES) in order to control the c... Read More about Power flow control for power and voltage management in future smart energy communities.

Assessing the accuracy of loss estimation methods for supercapacitor energy storage devices operating under constant power cycling (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Kulsangcharoen, P., Klumpner, C., Rashed, M., Asher, G., Chen, G. Z., & Norman, S. A. (2014). Assessing the accuracy of loss estimation methods for supercapacitor energy storage devices operating under constant power cycling. In 2014 16th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications. https://doi.org/10.1109/epe.2014.6911043

This paper assesses different energy loss estimation methods using the supercapacitor model parameters extracted from the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). Two energy loss estimation methods are applied to two similar supercapacitors from... Read More about Assessing the accuracy of loss estimation methods for supercapacitor energy storage devices operating under constant power cycling.

Built-in reliability design of a high-frequency SiC MOSFET power module (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Li, J., Gurpinar, E., Lopez Arevalo, S., Castellazzi, A., & Mills, L. (in press). Built-in reliability design of a high-frequency SiC MOSFET power module.

A high frequency SiC MOSFET-based three-phase, 2-level power module has been designed, simulated, assembled and tested. The design followed a built-in reliability approach, involving extensive finite-element simulation based analysis of the electro-t... Read More about Built-in reliability design of a high-frequency SiC MOSFET power module.

Testing of a lightweight SiC power module for avionic applications (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Gurpinar, E., Lopez Arevalo, S., Li, J., De, D., Castellazzi, A., & Mills, L. (in press). Testing of a lightweight SiC power module for avionic applications.

Functional and performance tests of a three-phase, two-level power module based on CREE 1.2kV SiC MOSFETs for avionic applications is presented in this paper. SiC devices have superior properties over conventional Si devices at high voltage operation... Read More about Testing of a lightweight SiC power module for avionic applications.

Snappy App: a mobile continuous performance test with physical activity measurement for assessing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Young, Z., Craven, M. P., Groom, M. J., & Crowe, J. A. (2014). Snappy App: a mobile continuous performance test with physical activity measurement for assessing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. In M. Kurosu (Ed.), Human-computer interaction: applications and services: 16th international conference, HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014, proceedings. Part III (363–373). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07227-2_35

A Continuous Performance Test (CPT) was incorporated into a smartphone application (App) to measure three symptom domains associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); attention, impulsivity and hyperactivity. The App was pilot tes... Read More about Snappy App: a mobile continuous performance test with physical activity measurement for assessing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Practical limitation on operation of nonlinear parity-time Bragg gratings (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Phang, S., Vukovic, A., Susanto, H., Benson, T. M., & Sewell, P. (2014). Practical limitation on operation of nonlinear parity-time Bragg gratings.

The paper analyses the operation of PT Bragg gratings when the dielectric material is considered to be both dispersive and nonlinear and gain and loss are saturable. The paper demonstrates the application of the nonlinear PT Bragg Grating as an optic... Read More about Practical limitation on operation of nonlinear parity-time Bragg gratings.

A hybrid inverter solution for medium voltage applications using series capacitor and a CSI Active Power Filter (SC-APF) (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Papadopoulos, S., Rashed, M., Klumpner, C., & Wheeler, P. (2014). A hybrid inverter solution for medium voltage applications using series capacitor and a CSI Active Power Filter (SC-APF). In 7th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2014). https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2014.0456

This paper proposes a new hybrid inverter solution for medium/high voltage applications that consists of a slow switching inverter using high voltage or series connected switching devices, fitted with a low kVA rated auxiliary current source inverter... Read More about A hybrid inverter solution for medium voltage applications using series capacitor and a CSI Active Power Filter (SC-APF).