Banks, Robert F. (Date of defense: 2016-04-04)
Urban air pollution is of major concern in Spain and also throughout Europe and globally with numerous effects on human health and ecosystems. Since air quality (AQ) is predominantly a problem for human ...
Amat Roldan, Ivan (Date of defense: 2013-06-21)
In this thesis, we address specific efforts towards developing the precise aspect of ultrashort laser pulse measurement in the context of biomedical research. The motivation for pursuing these new ...
Atashkhooei, Reza (Date of defense: 2013-11-4)
Among the laser based techniques proposed for metrology applications, classical interferometers offer the highest precision measurements. However, the cost of some of the elements involved and the number ...
Samanta, Goutam Kumar (Date of defense: 2009-07-01)
This thesis presents the development of a new class of high-power, continuous-wave (cw) optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) with extended tunability from visible to near-infrared (near-IR). While ...
Troullinou, Charikleia (Date of defense: 2022-09-29)
(English) This thesis describes experiments that employ squeezed light to improve the performance of a sensitive optically-pumped magnetometer (OPM). The squeezed light source employs parametric ...
Vathalloor Mathew, Manoj (Date of defense: 2009-10-16)
Sánchez Peacham, Daniel Alexander (Date of defense: 2020-01-27)
The continuous development of laser sources delivering ultra-short light pulses underpins much of the current progress in experimental science, particularly in the domain of physics concerned with ...
Kumar, Dhiraj (Date of defense: 2012-07-16)
The increasing need for range-resolved aerosol and water-vapour atmospheric observation networks worldwide has given rise to multi-spectral LIDARs (Light Detection and Ranging, a synonym of laser radar) ...
Regmi, Raju (Date of defense: 2017-11-10)
Single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy has revolutionized the field of biophysical sciences by enabling visualization of dynamic molecular interactions and nanoscopic features with high spatiotemporal ...
Lange Vega, Diego (Date of defense: 2014-07-17)
This Ph.D. thesis addresses remote sensing of the atmosphere by means of lidar and S-band clear-air weather radar, and related data signal processing. Active remote sensing by means of these instruments ...