Cousin, Seth Lucien (Date of defense: 2016-09-12)
Attosecond science investigates the realm of processes that happen in fleetingly short passages of time. One attosecond to one second, is what one second is to the age of the universe! Advances in lasers ...
Tulli, Domenico (Date of defense: 2012-02-20)
A material that is enabling integrated optics is the ferroelectric crystal Lithium Niobate (LiNbO3), which has excellent electro-optical, acousto-optical and nonlinear optical properties. Moreover, it ...
Hancu, Ion Michael (Date of defense: 2019-01-18)
The emission and detection of light is a main pillar of both fundamental research and the advancement of modern technologies. From digital communications and quantum computing to novel cancer treatments ...
García de Arquer, Francisco Pelayo (Date of defense: 2015-02-18)
The detection of light is of central importance in both fundamental science and applied technology. Photodetectors, which aim at transducing optical stimulus into measurable electrical signals, are ...
Martínez Montblanch, Luis (Date of defense: 2014-10-31)
Durante las últimas décadas, la energía solar fotovoltaica se ha convertido en una tecnología de creciente importancia para satisfacer las necesidades energéticas actuales sin sacrificar las futuras ...
Valdés Escobar, Claudia Patricia (Date of defense: 2014-12-15)
Blood flow and its regulation, as well as hemodynamics in general, are important for the health of tissues and hence the measurement of these quantities has many applications in research and clinical ...
Kuffer, Dominik (Date of defense: 2016-06-13)
In the last decade, two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted attention both in the nascent field of flexible nanotechnology as well as in more conventional semiconductor technol-ogies. Within the ...
So, David (Date of defense: 2016-10-19)
The ubiquity of solar energy conversion technology is an exciting target which we aspire for in this century. Colloidal quantum dot (CQD) solar cells are an attractive platform, being low-cost and ...
Aviles-Espinosa, Rodrigo (Date of defense: 2013-03-27)
The requirement for imaging living structures with higher contrast and resolution has been covered by the inherent advantages offered by nonlinear microscopy (NLM). However, to achieve its full potential ...
Acomovic, Srdjan S. (Date of defense: 2012-10-30)
In recent times, metallic nanoparticle plasmonics coupled with applications towards biosensing has gathered momentum to the point where commercial R&D are investing large resources in developing the ...