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 ...
Lowinski, Jan (Date of defense: 2024-01-19)
(English) Photons have emerged as the main candidates for carrying quantum information due to their weak interaction with the environment. Unfortunately, their limited interaction with one another poses ...
Graham, Cristina (Date of defense: 2024-01-23)
(English) The properties of ultrathin materials present exciting opportunities to develop multifunctional surfaces. In addition, the use of plastic and thin glass as transparent substrates has the ...