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Based on the working principle of the signal detection and servo feedback control of the electrostatic accelerometer, in this paper, the main electronic noise components affecting the measurements of the accelerometer are analyzed and the corresponding expressions are determined. The resolution of the designed electrostatic accelerometer is lower than 10${}^{-9}$m/s²/Hz${}^{1/2}$, which cannot be verified directly due to limitations imposed by the vibration of the ground environment. However, it can be evaluated indirectly by the testing of electronic noise under open-loop conditions. Through this process, the resolution of 3× 10${}^{-9}$m/s²/Hz${}^{1/2}$ of the Taiji-1 inertial sensor was verified and found to be in agreement with results obtained in orbit.

The paper overviews recent progress in the field of hot-electron microwave noise and fluctuations with an emphasis on contribution due to inter-electron collisions that are inevitable in doped semi-conductors at a relatively high density of mobile electrons. A special attention is paid to the problem of hot-electron diffusion in the range of electric fields where inter-electron collisions are important and Price's relation connecting diffusion and noise characteristics is not necessarily valid. The basic and up-to-date information is presented on methods and advances in the field where combined analytic and Monte Carlo methods of investigation are indispensable while seeking coherent understanding of experimental results.

A Monte Carlo study of hot-electron intrinsic noise in a n-type GaAs bulk driven by one or two mixed cyclostationary electric fields is presented. The noise properties are investigated by computing the spectral density of velocity fluctuations. An analysis of the noise features as a function of the amplitudes and frequencies of two applied fields is presented. Numerical results show that it is possible to reduce the intrinsic noise. The best conditions to realize this effect are discussed.

We summarize the long-term electron transport and electronic noise investigations of low-doped La${}_{0.86}$Ca${}_{0.14}$MnO₃ manganite single crystal being in its several, consecutive metastable resistivity states: the pristine high-resistivity one, the low-resistivity, and finally in the high-resistivity metastable state.

This paper gives an overview of the performance of the Tile Calorimeter of the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Detector performances with respect to electronic noise and cell response are presented. In addition, an overview of the partially overlapping calibration systems is given.

Nowadays tools based on Scanning Probe Methods (SPM) have become indispensable in a wide range of applications such as cell imaging and spectroscopy, profilometry, or surface patterning on a nanometric scale. Common to all SPM techniques is a typically slow working speed which is one of their main drawbacks. The SPM speed barrier can be improved by operating a number of probes in parallel mode. A key element when developing probe array devices is a convenient read-out system for measurements of the probe deflection. Such a read-out should be sufficiently sensitive, resistant to the working environment, and compatible with the operation of large number of probes working in parallel. In terms of fabrication, the geometrical uniformity i.e. the realisation of large numbers of identical probes, is a major concern but also the material choice compatible with high sensitivity, the detection scheme and the working environment is a challenging issue. Examples of promising applications using parallel SPM are dip-pen-nanolithography, data storage, and parallel imaging.