The on-going demand for miniaturized optical and on-chip photonic systems of the future has led to a few potential solutions in the literature. Recent advances in van der Waals and 2-dimensional materials signal a bright future for the next generation, compact electronic and photonic devices. With reduced dimensionality and material...
The on-going demand for miniaturized optical and on-chip photonic systems of the future has led to a few potential solutions in the literature. Recent advances in van der Waals and 2-dimensional materials signal a bright future for the next generation, compact electronic and photonic devices. With reduced dimensionality and material...
The vibrational and rotational degrees of freedom in a molecule add complexity that complicate optical cycling and state preparation procedures. However, the same additional degrees of freedom also make molecules suitable candidates for tests of physics beyond the standard model. A precision measurement of the transition energy between two vibrational...
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) images the retina noninvasively with micrometer-scale volumetric resolutions. It is an invaluable resource in the clinic for identifying, monitoring, and treating blindness-causing diseases. By shortening illumination wavelengths to the visible range, visible-light OCT (vis-OCT) improves image resolution, provides new scattering contrasts, and enables oxygen saturation (sO2)...
X-rays have become a staple in the investigation of the natural world. The high penetration and short wavelength of X rays means extended samples can be imaged at high resolution. With the increasing brightness of synchrotron light sources as well as the development of commercial sources the continued development and...
The last two decades have seen tremendous growth in the development of techniquesfor molecular state control. The goal of achieving complete control over the quantum states
of a molecule is motivated by a plethora of applications ranging from many-body physics
to precise tests of fundamental physics. The level of control...
Future large-scale quantum networks will likely require more efficient on-chip devices for quantum key distribution (QKD) systems that can exploit CMOS manufacturing techniques. QKD systems on chip have been produced in a number of material platforms including silicon, indium phosphide, and a range of hybrid structures. Advanced industrial silicon-electronics manufacturing...
Light provides a high-speed and coherent medium for controlling quantum states. In semiconductors, coherent optical effects have been used extensively to lift spin degeneracy on ultrafast timescales and demonstrate high-fidelity control of quantum spin states. Extending this approach to novel pseudospins in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), in this thesis...
The highly flexible nature of 2D materials has led to them becoming fundamental building blocks for achieving novel device physics and potential breakthroughs in practical technologies. 2D layers can be interfaced in a wide array of methods with themselves, other 2D layered materials, or materials of entirely different type or...
Ordered arrays of metallic nanoparticles (NPs) are a promising platform for technological applications and fundamental investigations due to their ability to excite surface lattice resonances (SLRs). SLRs can support extremely high local electric fields that have been used to realize exotic physical phenomena. The open cavity architecture lends itself to...
