Venturini, Valeria (Date of defense: 2022-04-08)
Living tissues are crowded and dynamic environments, in which signalling molecules and physical forces constantly act on single cells. To ensure correct tissue development and homeostasis, cells function ...
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 ...
Kumar, Gaurav (Date of defense: 2024-03-11)
(English) Bolometer technology, crucial for uncooled thermal detection in thermography, industrial inspection, monitoring, and surveillance applications, relies on thermistors primarily made of VOx, ...
Castilla, Sebastián (Date of defense: 2022-01-27)
Long wavelength light contains the infrared and terahertz (THz) spetral range of the spectrum. This wavelength range spans approximately from 1 µm to 1 mm. Several applications can be explored in this ...
Dias, Eduardo José Machado Correia Brioso (Date of defense: 2022-11-18)
(English) Besides its relevant fundamental interest, the in-depth understanding of light-matter interactions at the nanoscale has a profound impact on modern technological applications in diverse areas ...
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 ...
Ferreira, Catarina Gonçalves (Date of defense: 2023-09-27)
(English) To mitigate the present environmental crisis, caused by the excessive use of fossil fuels and associated release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, it is necessary to significantly reduce ...
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 ...
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 ...
Bianchet, Lorena Cecilia (Date of defense: 2022-02-25)
In this thesis, a single-atom trap in a "Maltese cross'' geometry (MCG) was designed, built up and characterized. A MCG atom trap uses four in-vacuum lenses to achieve four-directional high-numerical-aperture ...