Institut de Ciències Fotòniques
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Exploring intersubbands in 2D materials
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-04-16)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessTransition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are semiconducting layered materials that can be isolated up to the limit of a single atomic layer. Next to graphene, they are some of the most intensively studied materials within ... -
Exact diagonalization studies of quantum simulators
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-04-15)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessUnderstand and tame complex quantum mechanical systems to build quantum technologies is one of the most important scientific endeavour nowadays. In this effort, Atomic, molecular and Optical systems have clearly played a ... -
Local temperature and correlations in quantum many-body systems
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-04-12)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessQuantum Mechanics was established as the theory of the microscopic world, which allowed to understand processes in atoms and molecules. Its emergence led to a new scientific paradigm that quickly spread to different research ... -
Quantifying randomness from Bell nonlocality
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-02-13)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe twentieth century was marked by two scientific revolutions. On the one hand, quantum mechanics questioned our understanding of nature and physics. On the other hand, came the realisation that information could be treated ... -
New lab-on-a-chip strategies for enantio-selective and non-diffusion-limited biosensing
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-10-30)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe race for fast and small that drives nowadays society has also reached the field of biosensing. Looking for efficient and cost effective biosensors for applications including screening and treatment monitoring, biomolecular ... -
Picosecond, high-repetition-rate, optical parametric sources from the ultraviolet to the deep-infrared
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-10-18)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessHigh-power, high-repetition-rate coherent picosecond sources with high beam quality are of great interest for many scientific and technological applications. For example, coherent sources at the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum ... -
Levitodynamics toward force nano-sensors in vacuum
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-02-22)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessLevitodynamics addresses the levitation and manipulation of micro- and nanoresonators with the purpose of studying their dynamics. This emerging field has attracted much attention over the last few years owing to unprecedented ... -
Quantitative nanoscale imaging of synaptic protein organization
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-03-28)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe arrival of super-resolution techniques has driven researchers to explore biological areas that were unreachable before. Such techniques not only allowed the improvement of spatial resolution in images but also the ... -
Bell inequalities for device-independent protocols
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-03-26)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe technological era that we live in is sometimes described as the Information Age. Colossal amounts of data are generated every day and considerable effort is put into creating technologies to process, store and transmit ... -
Simulation and bulk detection of topological phases of matter
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-01-29)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessDifferently from the majority of the other phases of matter, which are characterized by local order parameters, the topological phases are characterized by integer or semi-integer numbers, the topological invariants, which ... -
Controlling the multipolar interference of nanoantennas
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-01-18)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe emission and detection of light is a main pillar of both fundamental research and the advancement of modern technologies. From digital communications and quantum computing to novel cancer treatments and faded jeans, ... -
Novel nonlinear frequency conversion sources in the mid-infrared
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-12-18)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe goal of this thesis has been the development of a new class of advanced solid-state photonic sources for the mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectral regions, where there exists a severe shortage of practical coherent laser ...
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