Sainz, Ana Belén (Date of defense: 2014-02-10)
In the past century, experimental discoveries have witnessed phenomena in Nature which challenge our everyday classical intuition. In order to explain these facts, quantum theory was developed, which ...
Huwer, Jan Henning (Date of defense: 2014-01-29)
One promising approach for future quantum networks is the combination of strings of trapped ions as quantum-information processors with entangled photon pairs produced by spontaneous parametric down ...
Grass, Tobias (Date of defense: 2013-04-23)
The present thesis studies a variety of cold atomic systems in artificial gauge fields. In the first part we focus on fractional quantum Hall effects, asking whether interesting topological states can ...
Gallego López, Rodrigo (Date of defense: 2013-02-22)
The device-independent formalism is a set of tools to analyze experimental data and infer properties about systems, while avoiding almost any assumption about the functioning of devices. It has found ...
Jofre Cruanyes, Marc (Date of defense: 2013-04-15)
An important issue in today's information society is the security of data transmission against potential intruders, which always put at risk the confidentiality. Current methods to increase security ...
León Montiel, Roberto de Jesús (Date of defense: 2014-09-30)
For many years, the fields of quantum optics and biology have rarely shared a common path. In quantum optics, most of the concepts and techniques developed over the years stand for systems where only a ...
Agarwal, Hitesh (Date of defense: 2023-01-23)
(English) Despite the extensive research in the semiconductor industry, Moore’s law is finally slowing down due to increased complexity. Hence, intense efforts are being carried out to explore hybrid ...
Andreoli, Francesco (Date of defense: 2023-03-23)
(English) Our ability to confine, guide, and bend light has led to astonishing technological achievements, playing a fundamental role in diverse fields like microscopy, photochemistry, telecommunications ...
Kramarenko, Mariia (Date of defense: 2023-03-24)
(English) To mitigate the energy and climate crisis we are already facing and address the increasing energy consumption, it is essential to foster energy transition strategies. The energy transition ...
Liga, Shanti Maria (Date of defense: 2023-03-22)
(English) The availability of energy is a fundamental ingredient for the development of society. However, the intense consumption of fossil fuels as an energy resource since the second industrial ...