Recent Submissions

  • Characterisation of a dimensional metrology diagnostic for the lithium target of the IFMIF-DONES facility 

    Hassan, Diaaeldin Mohamed Aly Abdelaal (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2024-09-09)
    Master thesis
    Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
    Covenantee:   Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
    The advancement of nuclear fusion technology has led to a growing need for accurate diagnostic instruments to ensure the safety and effectiveness of fusion reactors. This thesis focuses on the creation and evaluation of a ...
  • Deep Reinforcement Learning for quantum state preparation with noisy gates in the NISQ-era 

    Narvaez Hernandez, Roberto (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2024-09-09)
    Master thesis
    Open Access
    Covenantee:   Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
    Quantum computers promise significant computational advantages over classical computers for specific tasks. However, one of the challenges in the noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) era is the efficient compilation of ...
  • Two-dimensional arrays of solid-state quantum memories 

    Mneimneh, Aya (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2024-09-09)
    Master thesis
    Open Access
    Covenantee:   Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
    Long-distance quantum communication relies on quantum repeaters to overcome the limitations of signal loss and decoherence. In quantum networks with repeater architecture, the distance nodes are entangled through entanglement ...
  • High-dimensional spatial states distribution using custom-made optical fibres 

    Fernandez Cano, Javier (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2024-09-05)
    Master thesis
    Open Access
    Covenantee:   Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (ICFO)
    As quantum computers emerge and the demand for higher data transmission rates grows, spatial multiplexing of high-dimensional quantum states is essential for the development of quantum networks and communication technologies ...
  • Variational Quantum Simulations of quantum many-body systems 

    Liu, Yingjian (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-10-26)
    Master thesis
    Open Access
    Covenantee:   Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
    Eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH) suggests that any initial state defined in some small subset of the total Hilbert space will eventually spread to the whole Hilbert space under unitary time evolution. However, ...
  • Probing the real-time response of a photosynthetic antenna complex to environmental changes using ultrafast spectroscopy techniques 

    Bonàs Vera, Mariona (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-10-26)
    Master thesis
    Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
  • Nonlinear frequency conversion in strategic materials for nanophotonics 

    Mukhopadhyay, Shroddha (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-09-09)
    Master thesis
    Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
    Covenantee:   Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
    This project aims to contribute to two important research areas in Photonics: nonlinear optics and sub-wavelength nano-structured optical materials (nanomaterials). These inter-connected fields have major applications in ...
  • Building Plasmonic Crystals from Gold Nanoimprinted Metasurfaces 

    Rahman, Fariha Binte (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-09-08)
    Master thesis
    Open Access
    Due to their extraordinary light confinement properties, plasmonic metasurfaces have attracted much attention in applications in the visible and IR range. Apart from the multitude of applications using the linear transmission ...
  • Comparison of simulated and characterised optical performance in precision optical systems: simulation and analysis focus 

    Calvano, Lorenzo Joseph (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-09-08)
    Master thesis
    Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
    Covenantee:   Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (ICFO) / Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
    To properly account for imperfections in fabrication of lenses and mechanics as well as optics alignment limitations, it is necessary to run a tolerance analysis during the optical design process. But it is often unclear ...
  • Absorption spectroscopy with quantum light: experimental and theoretical simulations based on arbitrary spectral shapes generated with a programable filter 

    Padilla Camargo, Alejandra Araceli (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-09-06)
    Master thesis
    Open Access
    Covenantee:   Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (ICFO)
    Absorption spectroscopy is a useful technique to detect the presence of specific elements in samples. However, its usefulness can be severely limited in certain frequency bands due to technological limitations, such as the ...
  • Photonics and deep learning for biological applications 

    Takiya Bonadio, Vagner (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-09-09)
    Master thesis
    Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
  • Low cost Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography 

    Agafonov, Vladislav (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-10-25)
    Master thesis
    Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
    Covenantee:   Medizinische Universität Wien
    Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has revolutionized ophthalmology over the past two decades. Comparable success in other medical and non-medical fields is still prevented by the high cost of OCT. Despite the benefit of ...

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