Yudistira, Didit (Date of defense: 2012-02-21)
In this thesis we have investigated and proposed acoustic superLattices (ASLs) made of periodically poled ZX-cut lithium niobate (PPLN) associated ith coplanar electrodes as an effective alternative for ...
Tulli, Domenico (Date of defense: 2012-02-20)
A material that is enabling integrated optics is the ferroelectric crystal Lithium Niobate (LiNbO3), which has excellent electro-optical, acousto-optical and nonlinear optical properties. Moreover, it ...
Noyan, Mehmet Alican (Date of defense: 2017-06-23)
Liquid and solid repellent surfaces are key to many industries. For example, construction industry benefits from self-cleaning windows, cements, paints, roof tiles, and corrosion resistant surfaces, ...
Camphausen, Robin (Date of defense: 2023-04-12)
(English) Entangled photon pairs can enhance optical imaging capabilities. Phase imaging allows detecting fine detail of transparent samples without potentially invasive fluorescent labelling, and here ...
Bareza, Nestor Jr. (Date of defense: 2022-11-07)
(English) Mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectroscopy in the wavelength region between 2 and 20 µm is a powerful technique to identify vibrational absorption signatures of molecules, finding in this way extensive ...
Mkhitaryan, Vahagn (Date of defense: 2017-09-29)
Photonics is a key enabling technology for many applications ranging from communications to energy and medicine. Its success is largely relying on our capability to appropriately control light in optical ...
Hussain, Rubaiya (Date of defense: 2022-07-01)
The focus of this thesis is on the design, development and validation of two novel photonic sensors for the detection and characterisation of industrial and biological samples. The first one is a PSA ...
Abellán Sánchez, Carlos (Date of defense: 2018-06-19)
Randomness is one of the most intriguing, inspiring and debated topics in the history of the world. It appears every time we wonder about our existence, about the way we are, e.g. Do we have free will? ...
Terborg, Roland A. (Date of defense: 2018-10-19)
As health systems fight against epidemics and infectious diseases, new forms of diagnostics need to be developed in order to meet the growing demand for services, often in locations without the necessary ...
Ghosh, Dhriti Sundar (Date of defense: 2012-10-11)
Transparent electrodes (TEs) are the essential elements of many optoelectronic devices such as solar cells, touch screens, organic LEDs, and LCDs. Consequently demand for TEs is growing very steeply and ...