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 ...
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 ...
Piga, Angelo (Date of defense: 2020-03-30)
During the past two decades, thanks to the mutual fertilization of the research in quantum information and condensed matter, new approaches based on purely quantum features without any classical analog ...
Pérez Salinas, Daniel (Date of defense: 2022-01-31)
In the recent decades, there has been a surge of interest in the wide array of emergent phenomena found in strongly correlated materials. Understanding the inner workings of this type of systems is a ...
Mukherjee, Samyobrata (Date of defense: 2021-10-05)
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are modes that remain radiationless though they exist in the part of the spectrum that corresponds to radiating waves. They are a general wave phenomenon and following ...
De Vega Esteban, Sandra (Date of defense: 2020-02-17)
Ever since the advent of modern technology, major developments have come hand in hand with miniaturization and speed of operation. A proof of this is provided by the impressive success of Moore's law, ...
Pérez Rosas, Juan Miguel (Date of defense: 2020-07-28)
Early detection of microorganisms in environmental and biomedical applications is critical for the effective response to potential pathogenic treats. Most traditional methods and instrumentation for the ...
Bernardello, Matteo (Date of defense: 2022-06-14)
The observation of biological processes in their native environments is of critical importance for life science. While substantial information can be derived from the examination of in-vitro biological ...
Sanz Sánchez, Julio (Date of defense: 2020-02-10)
This thesis reports the experimental study of two-component Bose-Einstein condensates with tunable interactions, which are exploited as a platform to perform quantum simulation of many-body quantum ...
Lago Rivera, Darío (Date of defense: 2022-11-02)
(English) The future quantum Internet will allow the transfer of quantum states between remote locations. However, bridging large distances is a challenging task due to losses in optical fibres. A ...