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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Variation in the Optical Sensing Responses toward Vapors of a Porphyrin/Phthalocyanine Hybrid Thin Film.
No full textSpin-coated layers of zinc(II) tetra-4-(2,4-di-tert-amylphenoxy)phthalocyanine (ZnPctamyl) and copper(II) tetrakis(p-tert-butylphenyl)porphyrin (CuPtphen) have been synthesized and used as solid state chemically interacting materials deposited in thin film form for the detection of alcohols, amines, ketones, alkanes, and pyridines for applications in food quality control. The UV−Vis variations obtained by the exposure of the sensing layers to the mentioned analytes in controlled atmosphere have been analyzed and compared with those deriving by a single thin film obtained by mixing the two metal complexes in an appropriate ratio. A multichannel monitoring of the main bands of the sensing layer due to the interaction with the analyte vapors became the basis to construct a set of independent sensors located on a single sensing element. The effects in the variation of the absorption bands of the blend system are compared with the variations in absorbance observed with the two sensing layers fabricated separately with each single compound. The interaction between some volatile organic compound species and the heterogeneous sensing layer shows a different behavior in the responses with respect to the results obtained with each single compound
Fabrication of high efficiency compact 90° bend waveguide by using a dielectric 2D-PC structure
No full textIn this paper we propose the design and the fabrication of 90° bend ridge waveguide (WG) assisted by a two-dimensional photonic crystal (2D-PC). 2D-PCs act as efficient minors along the boundaries of the bend ridge thus reducing the in-plane losses. The ridge waveguide consists of a 3 μm x 0.75 μm titanium dioxide core on a silica bottom cladding. The 2D-PC structure surrounding the bend waveguide is composed of a triangular array of circular dielectric pillars having a height of 0.75 μm. The titanium dioxide waveguiding core layer is covered with PMMA in order to create a quasi-symmetric structure. A photonic band gap centered around 1.3 μm is obtained by a PC radius r = 0.33a and lattice period a = 0.450 μm. The design of the whole structure is subsequently optimized by using a 3D Finite Difference Time Domain based computer code. The ridge waveguide assisted by a 2D-PC has been fabricated by using electron beam lithography and reactive ion etching. For the pattern transfer we have used ∼ 50 nm thin layer Cr metal etch mask obtained by means of a lift-off technique based on the use of bi-layer resist (PMMA/MMA). The presence of the 2D-PC around the bend waveguide leads to a sharp increase of the transmission efficiency around 1.3 μm for curvature radius of 2.5 μm. The bend transmission results to be in the range between 0.76 and 0.85 when the thickness of the ridge WG and of the 2D-PC pillars is between 0.75 and 1.3 μm. This value is more than twice with respect to the bend waveguide without 2D-PC
Two-dimensional Photonic Crystal Waveguide obtained by e-beam direct writing of SU8-2000 Photoresist
No full textWe report on the direct electron-beam patterning of a negative tone resist SU8-2000 for the fabrication of a two-dimensional photonic crystal (2D-PC) waveguide. The high refractive index of the SU8-2000 (about 1.69), its transparency above 360 nm, the good mechanical stability and the possibility of direct patterning by electron-beam lithography, make such resist ideal for the direct realization of high-resolution photonic crystal waveguides. The fabrication of a triangular array of sub-micron pillars (lattice constant of 300 nm and filling factor of 0.35) suitable for the realization of a 2D-PC waveguide on a glass substrate is reported. The energy dispersion diagram, calculated by the plane wave expansion technique, shows that this 2D-PC structure has a small photonic band gap (PBG) for the TM-like modes
Recent advances on single photon sources based on single colloidal nanocrystals
No full textSingle colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are increasingly exploited as triggered sources of single photons. This review reports on recent results on single photon sources (SPS) based on colloidal quantum dots, whose size, shape and optical properties can be finely tuned by wet chemistry approach. First, we address the optical properties of different colloidal nanocrystals, such as dots, rods and dot in rods and their use as single photon sources will be discussed. Then, we describe different techniques for isolation and positioning single QDs, a major issue for fabrication of single photon sources, and various approaches for the embedding single nanocrystals inside microcavities. The insertion of single colloidal QDs in quantum confined optical systems allows one to improve their overall optical properties and performances in terms of efficiency, directionality, life time, and polarization control. Finally, electrical pumping of colloidal nanocrystals light emitting devices and of NC-based single photon sources is reviewed
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