Institut de Ciències Fotòniques
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Hybrid diffuse optics for translational oncology and nanobiophotonics: towards a theranostic approach for emerging cancer therapies
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-10-24)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessA pre-clinical mouse model of human clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) was employed as a method to study the prognostic and theranostic potential of two, non-invasive, deep tissue, diffuse optical techniques, namely ... -
Correlates of cerebral vasoreactivity measured by non-invasive diffuse optical measurements as biomarkers of brain injury risk
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-03-06)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessI have used and developed a practical new platform in the clinics for the noninvasive estimation of cerebral hemodynamics. The latform combines two diffuse optical techniques: near-infrared spectroscopy and diffuse ... -
Development and study of novel mid-infrared frequency conversion sources
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-12-02)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessTunable narrow-linewidth and broadband laser sources in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) wavelength range are extremely desirable in all time scales for their several useful applications in spectroscopy, imaging, optical communication ... -
A cold-atom approach to topological quantum matter across the energy scale
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-12-11)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe outstanding progress achieved in the last decades to isolate and manipulate individual quantum systems has revolutionized the way in which quantum many-body phenomena, appearing across Nature's different energy scales, ... -
Anomalous diffusion : from life to machines
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-11-09)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessDiffusion refers to numerous phenomena, by which particles and bodies of all kinds move throughout any kind of material, has emerged as one of the most prominent subjects in the study of complex systems. Motivated by the ... -
Discerning between thermal and electronic effects in plasmonenhanced organic reactions
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-10-30)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessSince the pioneering work of Fujishima and Honda on titanium dioxide, TiO2, for the electrochemical photolysis of water under ultraviolet (UV) irradiation, semiconductor-based photocatalysis and photovoltaics have become ... -
Novel planar photonic antennas to address the dynamic nanoarchitecture of biological membranes
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-11-27)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe cell membrane is the encompassing protective shield of every cell and it is composed of a multitude of proteins, lipids and other molecules. The organization of the cell membrane is inextricably intertwined with its ... -
Nanoscale control of near-field interactions between single emitters and photonic antennas-on-probe
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-07-27)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessPhotonic antennas are metallic (or dielectric) nanoscale structures that convert propagating light into highly confined fields, and vice versa, in analogy to common radio antennas but on nanometric scales that lead to ... -
Quantum multipartite entangled states, classical and quantum error correction
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-10-08)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessStudying entanglement is essential for our understanding of such diverse areas as high-energy physics, condensed matter physics, and quantum optics. Moreover, entanglement allows us to surpass classical physics and ... -
Spectral phase control of nanoscale nonlinear optical responses
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-06-08)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe study of light-driven physical processes generated in nanomaterials require shorter (in time, or broader in frequency) laser pulses with techniques to tailor its phase and temporal/spectral characteristics at the ... -
Levitation and control of particles with internal degrees of freedom
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-06-30)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessLevitodynamics is a fast growing field that studies the levitation and manipulation of micro- and nanoobjects, fuelled by both fundamental physics questions and technological applications. Due to the isolated nature of ... -
Imaging cytometry technology for environmental and biomedical applications
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-07-28)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessEarly 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 analysis of these ...
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