Intrinsic randomness in non-local theories: quantification and amplification 

    Dhara, Chirag (Date of defense: 2013-06-12)

    Quantum mechanics was developed as a response to the inadequacy of classical physics in explaining certain physical phenomena. While it has proved immensely successful, it also presents several features that severely ...

    Light harvesting in fiber array organic solar cells 

    Mariano Juste, Marina (Date of defense: 2014-10-31)

    Considering that the most abundant renewable energy source is the Sun, photovoltaic technology possesses one of the highest potentials to provide environmental benign and sustainable energy worldwide. Currently, most of ...

    Optimal signal recovery for pulsed balanced detection 

    Icaza Astiz, Yannik Alan de (Date of defense: 2015-01-27)

    To measure quantum features in a classical world constrains us to extend the classical technology to the limit, inventing and discovering new schemes to use the classical devices, while reducing and filtering the sources ...

    Quantum Brownian motion revisited : extensions and applications 

    Lampo, Aniello (Date of defense: 2018-10-02)

    Quantum Brownian motion represents a paradigmatic model of open quantum system, namely a system which cannot be treated as an isolated one, because of the unavoidable interaction with the surrounding environment. In this ...

    Resource theories of quantum dynamics 

    Hsieh, Chung Yun (Date of defense: 2022-10-10)

    (English) As one of our most successful theories, quantum theory has greatly strengthened our understanding of nature and significantly advanced technologies. Specifically, quantum effects provide advantages in a broad ...

    Witnessing non-Markovian evolutions 

    De Santis, Dario (Date of defense: 2021-06-22)

    The formulation of quantum physics stands among the most revolutionary theories of the twentieth century. During the first decades of this century, many phenomena concerning the microscopic world were unexplained or had ...