Camphausen, Robin (Date of defense: 2023-04-12)
(English) Entangled photon pairs can enhance optical imaging capabilities. Phase imaging allows detecting fine detail of transparent samples without potentially invasive fluorescent labelling, and here ...
Chisholm, Craig Sterling (Date of defense: 2023-06-19)
(English) The exquisite control available in atomic ultracold quantum gases experiments makes them an ideal candidate for quantum simulation of diverse topics ranging from high energy physics and analogue ...
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 ...
Villegas Juárez, Arturo (Date of defense: 2023-04-26)
(English) Resolution enhancement in modern optical metrology techniques has been possible due to significant technological improvements. The accurate and precise control of wavelength, bandwidth, and ...
Martínez Cercós, Daniel (Date of defense: 2023-06-21)
(English) There is currently significant scientific and technological interest in ultrathin materials, with at least one dimension in the nm range or even smaller, since they possess features not ...
Fernández Esteberena, Pablo Ricardo (Date of defense: 2023-09-27)
(English) Near-infrared diffuse optical spectroscopy (DOS) techniques are capable of non-invasive measurement of microvascular hemodynamic parameters of deep tissues (>1 cm penetration). One important ...
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 ...
Heller, Lukas (Date of defense: 2023-11-06)
(English) Quantum memories are devices that are able to store photonic quantum states and entanglement. Future quantum networks, which could enhance cybersecurity through quantum key distribution, improve ...
Urrego González, Daniel Fernando (Date of defense: 2023-11-14)
(English) This Ph.D. thesis presents research in imaging and optical sensing, exploring novel concepts, and diverse applications. The experimental schemes put forward here are based on simulating specific ...
Ockova, Jana (Date of defense: 2023-12-13)
(English) Light is a powerful non invasive tool for probing matter down to its fundamental molecular properties. The past three decades saw advent of metallic nanoantennas engineered to concentrate light ...