Browsing by Author "Hong, Yi"

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New Space-Time Code Constructions for Two-User Multiple Access Channels
(2009-12-01)
Lu, Hsiao-feng (Francis)
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Vehkalahti, Roope
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Hollanti, Camilla
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Lahtonen, Jyrki
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Hong, Yi
This paper addresses the problem of constructing multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) codes for two users. The users are assumed to be equipped with n(t) transmit antennas, and there are n(r) antennas available at the receiving end. A general scheme is proposed and shown to achieve the optimal diversity-multiplexing gain tradeoff (DMT). Moreover, an explicit construction for the special case of n(t) = 2 and n(r) = 2 is given, based on the optimization of the code shape and density. All the proposed constructions are based on cyclic division algebras and their orders and take advantage of the multi-block structure. Computer simulations show that both the proposed schemes yield codes with excellent performance improving upon the best previously known codes. Finally, it is shown that the previously proposed design criteria for DMT optimal MU-MIMO codes are sufficient but in general too strict and impossible to fulfill. Relaxed alternative design criteria are then proposed and shown to be still sufficient for achieving the multiple-access channel diversity-multiplexing tradeoff.
Plasmonic-enhanced polymer photovoltaic devices incorporating solution-processable metal nanoparticles
(2009-07-06)
Chen, Fang-Chung
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Wu, Jyh-Lih
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Lee, Chia-Ling
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Hong, Yi
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Kuo, Chun-Hong
We have explored the effect of gold nanoparticle (Au NP)-induced surface plasmons on the performance of organic photovoltaic devices (OPVs). The power conversion efficiency of these OPVs was improved after blending the Au NPs into the anodic buffer layer. The addition of Au NPs increased the rate of exciton generation and the probability of exciton dissociation, thereby enhancing the short-circuit current density and the fill factor. We attribute the improvement in device performance to the local enhancement in the electromagnetic field originating from the excitation of the localized surface plasmon resonance. (C) 2009 American Institute of Physics. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3174914]