Institut de Ciències Fotòniques
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Toward next-generation nanophotonic devices
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-07-11)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessIn this thesis, we aim to explore several novel designs of nanostructures based on graphene to realize various functionalities. We briefly introduce the fundamental concepts and theoretical models used in this thesis in ... -
On-chip biosensing platforms based on gold and silicon optical nano-resonators
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-07-02)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessPoint-of-care (POC) devices are compact, mobile and fast detection platforms expected to advance early diagnosis, treatment monitoring and personalized healthcare, and revolutionize today’s healthcare system, especially ... -
A multimode solid-state quantum memory for single photons
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-07-03)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessQuantum memories (QMs) for light represent a fundamental ingredient for the development of a quantum internet. Among other applications, they are a building block for the distribution of entanglement on large scale, i.e. ... -
Certification of many-body systems
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-05-17)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessQuantum physics is arguably both the most successful and the most counterintuitive physical theory of all times. Its extremely accurate predictions on the behaviour of microscopic particles have led to unprecedented ... -
Novel pulsed optical parametric sources in the mid-infrared and the application towards high-resolution molecular spectroscopy
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-05-03)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectral region coincides with fundamental rotational-vibrational transitions of a large number of molecules in the gas phase. The strong interaction between mid-IR light sources and these gaseous ... -
The insulator-metal phase transition in VO2 measured at nanometer length scales and femtosecond time scales
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-05-02)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe physics of transition-metal oxides presents a challenge to our current understanding of condensed matter physics. The main difficulty arises from a competition between electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions ... -
Novel femtosecond optical parametric oscillators in the infrared
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-05-26)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessHigh-repetition-rate femtosecond laser sources are essential laboratory tools for spectroscopy, microscopy, amongst other applications. With the relative length of one femtosecond to one second being similar to the length ... -
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 ...
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