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2024

Akbari, Hamidreza (2024) Characterization and Tuning of Quantum Emitters in Hexagonal Boron Nitride. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/qz1v-3696. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02262024-184235077

Lei, Mi (2024) Many-Body Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics and Spin Dynamics with an Ensemble of Rare-Earth Ions. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/gx1e-en28. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04102024-171434556

Roberts, Gregory David (2024) Design, Realization, and Applications of 3D Multifunctional Nanophotonics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/1r1w-0234. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08232023-220808049

Ruskuc, Andrei (2024) Single Rare-Earth Ions in Solid-State Hosts: A Platform for Quantum Networks. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ecn2-pp53. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10202023-123922325

Wood, Steven (2024) Quantum Microwave to Optical Transduction with Light-Robust Superconducting Circuits. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/kkbj-ex94. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03222024-181941076

Wray, Parker Ryan (2024) How to Make Small Things Do Big Things: Exploring Engineered Disorder for Massively Scalable Metasurfaces and Metamaterials. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/kvz3-jn93. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01032024-012340742

Yuan, Zhiquan (2024) Physics and Applications of Optical Nonlinearity in High-Q Microresonators. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/vj6e-wr82. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01262024-232942660

Zheng, Tianzhe (2024) Reconfigurable Metasurfaces in Nanoelectromechanical and Silicon-Organic Systems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/2kmq-da15. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03062024-043923772

2023

Biswas, Souvik (2023) Electro-Optic Excitations in van der Waals Materials for Active Nanophotonics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/tz4z-ed06. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04032023-062047194

Ledezma, Luis M. (2023) Towards Universal Integrated Laser Sources with Nonlinear Photonics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ag5t-r511. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05242023-033922764

Macioce, Theodore Kenneth (2023) Mock Observations of the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Effect in Massive Galaxy Clusters and a Six-Layer Integral Antireflective Structure for Silicon Optics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/w1ds-j507. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05052023-033943351

Roy, Arkadev (2023) Parametrically-Driven Nonlinear Optical Resonators and their Networks for Sensing and Computing. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/xsyc-6668. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03142023-213121023

Tan Teck Keng, Adrian (2023) Digital Quantum Simulation of Physical Systems on Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum Computers. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/wget-ws64. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05072023-204014466

Zhang, Xueyue (2023) Superconducting Circuit Architectures Based on Waveguide Quantum Electrodynamics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/c7d8-nn87. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03112023-174134421

2022

Ballew, Conner Kiley (2022) Multifunctional Volumetric Metaoptics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/dn7h-6r72. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08272021-165922711

Banker, Jash Haren (2022) Photonic and Phononic Band Gap Engineering for Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics and Quantum Transduction. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/jrf3-gx27. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01222022-151042739

Ferreira, Vinicius Thaddeu dos Santos (2022) Waveguide Quantum Electrodynamics with Superconducting Slow-Light Waveguide Circuits. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/y4vk-a827. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05312022-105606161

Kim, Eun Jong (2022) Waveguide Quantum Electrodynamics in Superconducting Circuits. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/bscv-b073. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02122022-205429202

Kim, Yonghwi (2022) Light Modulation with Vanadium Dioxide-Based Optical Devices. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/pkxj-9584. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06232021-050358035

Porsandeh Khial, Parham (2022) High Sensitivity Time-Varying Systems In Photonics and Electronics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/qzj9-rz93. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09242021-181127485

Rochman, Jake Herschel Lebi (2022) Microwave-to-Optical Transduction Using Rare-Earth Ions. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/4h2f-wj87. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05152022-181826611

2021

Faraji Dana, Mohammad Sadegh (2021) From Metasurfaces to Compact Optical Metasystems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/kvsy-ve81. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08042020-093945451

Fatemi, Seyed Mohammadreza (2021) Active Flat Optics Wavefront Manipulation for Imaging, Ranging, and Sensing. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/7e5p-9r23. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09182020-074010855

Kafaie Shirmanesh, Ghazaleh (2021) Electro-Optically Tunable Metasurfaces for a Comprehensive Control of Properties of Light. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/m554-as73. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09172020-190836007

Kim, Taeyong (2021) Investigation of Transport Phenomena of Thermal Acoustic Excitations in Semi-Crystalline and Amorphous Materials Using Transient Grating Spectroscopy. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/k364-ga14. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10162020-115452109

Kwon, Hyounghan (2021) Dielectric Metasurfaces for Integrated Imaging Devices and Active Optical Elements. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/j08n-0q77. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05112021-170331252

Shen, Boqiang (2021) Applications and Integration of Optical Frequency Combs. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/p5z5-n346. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05292021-053844660

Wang, Heming (2021) Kerr Solitons and Brillouin Lasers in Optical Microresonators. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/g1kf-5t57. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05282021-193431717

Xu, Jian (2021) Optical Light Manipulation and Imaging Through Scattering Media. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/4hkq-dz43. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09092020-162015646

Zhang, Zhewei (2021) Hybrid Si/III-V Lasers for Next-generation Coherent Optical Communication. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/y85t-nj39. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02222021-054057067

2020

Allmaras, Jason Paul (2020) Modeling and Development of Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/wgak-vs11. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05312020-201105584

Craiciu, Ioana (2020) Quantum Storage of Light Using Nanophotonic Resonators Coupled to Erbium Ion Ensembles. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/yn6n-7x40. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06012020-134801698

Fang, Michael Tianyu (2020) Suspended Trace Air-Gap Resonators for Low Loss Superconducting Circuits. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/6teq-md72. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05312020-215457608

Garza Gonzalez, Emmanuel (2020) Boundary Integral Equation Methods for Simulation and Design of Photonic Devices. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/XXPX-9H78. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01092020-141256074

Luo, Jie (2020) Integrating Quantum Optical and Superconducting Circuits with Quantum Acoustics for Scalable Quantum Network and Computation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/P0YC-CQ43. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08282019-141610693

Mitskovets, Anna (2020) Using DNA Origami to Create Hybrid Nanophotonic Architectures for Single-Photon Emitters. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/kqaj-ex65. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05312020-234931669

Ng, Ryan Cecil (2020) Nanophotonic Phenomena in Dielectric Photonic Crystals. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ZP30-F550. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02122020-151048251

Ren, Hengjiang (2020) Cavity Optomechanics for Hybrid Quantum Systems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/vr67-w986. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06082020-144243454

Tokpanov, Yury (2020) Towards Next Generation of Optoelectronics: from Quantum Plasmonics and 2D Materials to Advanced Optimization Techniques of Nanophotonic Devices. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/tg1b-hn35. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechThesis:06012020-093627645

Wang, Chuting (2020) On-Chip Photonic Devices for Coupling to Color Centers in Silicon Carbide. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/m2p0-6t37. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04122020-055837611

2019

Arbabi, Ehsan (2019) Metasurfaces: Beyond Diffractive and Refractive Optics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/EQEY-KZ52. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04222019-151834122

Brouillet, Jeremy Jean (2019) Graphene-Mediated Light-Matter Interaction. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/VRFE-ZY57. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06022019-011156429

Fowler, Trevor Michael (2019) Silicon Neural Probes for Stimulation of Neurons and the Excitation and Detection of Proteins in the Brain. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/2kvw-ad56. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09172018-140652131

Jhalani, Vatsal A. (2019) Light Emission and Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics in III-V Semiconductors from First Principles. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9E0D-KX54. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06062019-155629104

Kalaee, Mahmoud (2019) Superconducting Electromechanical and Nanophotonic Devices for Quantum Measurement and Conversion. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/3PMX-2Y88. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10252018-150052650

Kamali, Seyedeh Mahsa (2019) Dielectric Metasurfaces from Fundamentals to Applications. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/TPN1-XA53. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05112019-120905666

Kindem, Jonathan Miners (2019) Quantum Nanophotonics with Ytterbium in Yttrium Orthovanadate. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Q40T-8907. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03132019-062905529

MacCabe, Gregory Scott (2019) Phonon Dynamics and Damping in Three-Dimensional Acoustic Bandgap Cavity-Optomechanical Resonators. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/7R9W-EV53. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03082019-114637094

Thomas, Nathan Hoover (2019) Passive and Active Control of Radiative Heat Flow. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/FGWC-0244. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02102019-152730366

Yang, Qifan (2019) Nonlinear Physics in Soliton Microcombs. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/DWMX-S056. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05192019-220451795

2018

Abiri, Behrooz (2018) Silicon Integrated Arrays: From Microwave to IR. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/MNYK-Y158. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06042018-194533722

Harfouche, Mark (2018) The Coherence Collapse Regime of High-Coherence Si/III-V Lasers and the Use of Swept Frequency Semiconductor Lasers for Full Field 3D Imaging. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9W66J07. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10242017-104926655

Horie, Yu (2018) Controlling the Flow of Light Using High-Contrast Metastructures. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z94X5604. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09202017-124555409

Kim, Dongwan (2018) Frequency Noise Control of Heterogeneous Si/III-V Lasers. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z90Z71G6. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10262017-003847721

Oh, Dong Yoon (2018) Integrated Nonlinear Photonic Devices. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z95H7DGT. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11122017-215023206

Papadakis, Georgia Theano (2018) Optical Response in Planar Heterostructures: From Artificial Magnetism to Angstrom-Scale Metamaterials. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z97H1GS1. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03082018-161639906

Peng, Siying (2018) 2D and 3D Photonic Crystals: Synthesis, Characterization and Topological Phenomenon. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9NZ85V2. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09112017-095117655

2017

Darbe, Sunita (2017) Optics for High-Efficiency Full Spectrum Photovoltaics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z96W9833. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01032017-032640614

Ding, Ding (2017) Nanoscale Thermal Transport with Photons and Phonons. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z94Q7RZ0. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01062017-221235563

Hood, Jonathan David (2017) Atom-Light Interactions in a Photonic Crystal Waveguide. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9NV9G9Z. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06082017-062231802

Lei, Chan U (2017) Circuit Cavity Electromechanics in the Quantum Regime. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z93T9F6W. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10182016-152744850

Miyazono, Evan Tsugio (2017) Nanophotonic Resonators for Optical Quantum Memories based on Rare-Earth-Doped Materials. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z98K773F. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03152017-114949088

Popescu, Paula Flor (2017) An Optofluidic Ring Resonator Platform for Rapid and Robust Sensing. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9H41PFQ. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12012016-194127904

Ravichandran, Navaneetha Krishnan (2017) Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Phonon Boundary Scattering in Thin Silicon Membranes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9SJ1HK2. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01172017-145551495

Suh, Myoung-Gyun (2017) Nonlinear Optics in Chip-based Microresonators and their Applications. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z92F7KG8. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06012017-163114372

Yi, Xu (2017) Physics and Applications of Microresonator Solitons and Electro-optic Frequency Combs. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9FT8J22. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05232017-161027761

Yu, Su-Peng (2017) Nano-Photonic Platform for Atom-Light Interaction. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9668B7F. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06022017-134307910

2016

Blasius, Timothy Dobson (2016) Optomechanical Inertial Sensors and Feedback Cooling. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9NK3BZS. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01122016-170853872

Brown, Ana Maii (2016) Classical and Quantum Effects in Plasmonic Metals. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9QV3JHT. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04242016-093536420

De Lorenzo, Laura Anne (2016) Optomechanics with Superfluid Helium-4. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9RJ4GD7. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05272016-075803376

Eisler, Carissa Nicole (2016) Photonic and Device Design Principles for Ultrahigh-Efficiency (>50%), Spectrum-Splitting Photovoltaics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9PN93HB. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11242015-234332347

2015

Callahan, Dennis Michael (2015) Nanophotonic Light Trapping In Thin Solar Cells. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z92N506Z. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10082014-105407332

Fakonas, James Spencer (2015) Quantum Interference and Entanglement of Surface Plasmons. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9MG7MD3. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12052014-101005469

Krause, Alexander Grey (2015) Acceleration Sensing, Feedback Cooling, and Nonlinear Dynamics with Nanoscale Cavity-Optomechanical Devices. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z98K771J. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01162015-120819334

Meenehan, Sean Michael (2015) Cavity Optomechanics at Millikelvin Temperatures. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z92J68S7. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03132015-135949868

Norte, Richard Alexander (2015) Nanofabrication for On-Chip Optical Levitation, Atom-Trapping, and Superconducting Quantum Circuits. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9WS8R61. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10292014-120111728

Vilenchik, Yaakov (2015) Narrow-Linewidth Si/III-V Lasers: a Study of Laser Dynamics and Nonlinear Effects. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9513W57. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06042015-232226135

2013

Deceglie, Michael Gardner (2013) Advanced Silicon Solar Cell Device Physics and Design. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/PV2J-1429. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02152013-094838378