Publications by authors named "Sinead Barton"

The necessity of the rapid evolution of wireless communications, with continuously increasing demands for higher data rates and capacity Zheng (Big datadriven optimization for mobile networks toward 5g 30:44-51, 2016), is constantly augmenting the complexity of radio frequency (RF) transceiver architecture. A significant component in the configuration of such complex radio transceivers is the power amplifier(PA). Multiple distributed PAs are now common in proposed RF architectures.

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Raman spectroscopy is a powerful diagnostic tool in biomedical science, whereby different disease groups can be classified based on subtle differences in the cell or tissue spectra. A key component in the classification of Raman spectra is the application of multi-variate statistical models. However, Raman scattering is a weak process, resulting in a trade-off between acquisition times and signal-to-noise ratios, which has limited its more widespread adoption as a clinical tool.

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Cosmic ray artifacts may be present in all photo-electric readout systems. In spectroscopy, they present as random unidirectional sharp spikes that distort spectra and may have an affect on post-processing, possibly affecting the results of multivariate statistical classification. A number of methods have previously been proposed to remove cosmic ray artifacts from spectra but the goal of removing the artifacts while making no other change to the underlying spectrum is challenging.

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Measuring the concentration of multiple chemical components in a low-volume aqueous mixture by Raman spectroscopy has received significant interest in the literature. All of the contributions to date focus on the design of optical systems that facilitate the recording of spectra with high signal-to-noise ratio by collecting as many Raman scattered photons as possible. In this study, the confocal Raman microscope setup is investigated for multicomponent analysis.

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