Moreno Mencía, David (Date of defense: 2021-11-22)
In the last decades, quantum materials have received much attention in the field of condensed matter physics due, in part, to their exotic properties. These are difficult to understand as they result ...
Gómez Kabelka, Pau (Date of defense: 2021-09-28)
In this work we demonstrate the first realization of a comagnetormeter in the ultracold regime. In comparison to regular magnetometers, which are designed to maximize their magnetic field sensitivity, ...
Charalambous, Christos (Date of defense: 2020-01-31)
Quantum Brownian motion is one of the most prominent examples of an open quantum system, a system which cannot be treated in isolation from its environment. The simplest method to study the dynamics of ...
Özdemir, Onur (Date of defense: 2022-02-04)
In the infrared, photodetectors are the key components in a wide-variety of applications such as thermal imaging, remote sensing, spectroscopy with newer technologies added to the list such as LiDaR and ...
Martínez-Denegrí Sánchez, Guillermo (Date of defense: 2021-09-29)
The environmental issues associated with the use of conventional fuels necessitates the utilisation of renewable energy sources, as well as the implementation of energy efficient designs, in order to ...
Frölian, Anika (Date of defense: 2022-04-24)
Ultracold quantum gases constitute a powerful and versatile tool to experimentally explore quantum many-body physics. This thesis presents an original contribution to the quantum simulation of gauge ...
Almeida, Jessica Oliveira de (Date of defense: 2022-07-28)
Quantum optics experiments are currently the most advanced techniques to under- stand, verify and simulate quantum phenomena. However, to access all the perfor- mance available in quantum states of ...
Padhye, Anuja Arun (Date of defense: 2020-06-04)
The ability to manipulate frequency of light, through parametric frequency conversion sources based on X(2) nonlinear materials, offers an effective route to spectral regions unapproachable by conventional ...
Huembeli, Patrick (Date of defense: 2021-03-25)
Research at the intersection of machine learning (ML) and quantum physics is a recent growing field due to the enormous expectations and the success of both fields. ML is arguably one of the most promising ...
Deshmukh, Chetan (Date of defense: 2022-04-29)
Encoding information into quantum mechanical properties of a system can lead to applications many fields, including computing and communication. Devices that will enable these applications could be part ...