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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

Ardizzi, Anthony Joseph (2022) Self-Heating of HEMT Low-Noise Amplifiers in Liquid Cryogenic Environments and the Limits of Microwave Noise Performance. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9va8-tc64. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05272022-180844058

Albertson, Theodore Glenn (2020) Simulations of Conic Cusp Formation, Growth, and Instability in Electrified Viscous Liquid Metals on Flat and Curved Surfaces. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/thhf-5478. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05182020-133853408

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

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Bukowsky, Colton Robert (2019) Scalable Nanophotonic Light Management Design for Solar Cells. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/J5FG-1B48. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06012019-002405475

Bartolotta, Anthony Leo (2018) The Union of Quantum Field Theory and Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/F7VT-7X41. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05312018-124004005

Burgos, Stanley P. (2013) Coupled Plasmonic Systems and Devices: Applications in Visible Metamaterials, Nanophotonic Circuits, and CMOS Imaging. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/N2JK-5318. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06042013-150337959

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Corona, Sydney Lea (2022) Emerging Evidence of a Second Glass Phase in Strong to Ultra-Fragile Bulk Metallic Glass-Forming Liquids. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9bvb-2d78. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04132022-221839497

Cornell, Brett Durcan (2018) A Dark Matter Search Using the Final SuperCDMS Soudan Dataset and the Development of a Large-Format, Highly-Multiplexed, Athermal-Phonon-Mediated Particle Detector. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/M297-J716. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06082018-171453167

Chen, Christopher Tien (2016) Heteroepitaxy of Group IV and Group III-V semiconductor alloys for photovoltaic applications. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9KW5CX0. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11062015-161003458

Chickering, William Elbridge (2016) Thermopower in Two-Dimensional Electron Systems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9HT2M7G. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12122015-165527858

Chen, Tong (2013) Ultralow-Loss Silica Resonators and Waveguides on a Silicon Chip. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/QBR4-3980. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02072013-163825736

Chan, Jasper (2012) Laser Cooling of an Optomechanical Crystal Resonator to Its Quantum Ground State of Motion. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ZRFK-2W24. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05302012-124605570

Chiu, Hsin-Ying (2009) Thermal Properties and Nanoelectromechanical System Based on Carbon Nanotubes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/2T53-P806. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-03272009-033303

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Date, Aditya Ghanashyam (2023) Coupled Oscillators with Generalized Dissipation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/nky2-p424. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01312023-163405681

De Rose, Lucía Belén (2023) Nanoscale Field Emission Devices for High-Temperature and High-Frequency Operation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/8qa5-kn97. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03312023-192646665

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

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Emmer, Hal S. (2016) Paths Towards High Efficiency Silicon Photovoltaics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9RV0KN6. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04102016-142401400

Eichenfield, Matthew S. (2010) Cavity Optomechanics in Photonic and Phononic Crystals: Engineering the Interaction of Light and Sound at the Nanoscale. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/8Q52-8C38. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01192010-152952905

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Fleischman, Dagny (2019) Nanophotonic Structures: Fundamentals and Applications in Narrowband Transmission Color Filtering. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/RA1G-GS84. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12032018-173954965

Floyd, Michael Cameron Dawley (2018) Development of Ferromagnetic Metallic Glasses into Low Loss Power Transformer Cores. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9QF8R27. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10262017-091901955

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Hirokawa, Soichi (2023) Dynamics of Protein-Mediated Polymer Coupling and their Implications in Antibody Production and Emergent Patterning. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/fpmm-a552. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08252022-153300158

Herriman, Jane Elizabeth (2020) Phonon Thermodynamics and Elastic Behavior of GaN and GaAs at High Temperatures and Pressures. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/HJ36-P349. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03042020-145654151

Helou, Bassam Mohamad (2019) Testing Alternative Theories of Quantum Mechanics with Optomechanics, and Effective Modes for Gaussian Linear Optomechanics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/KJ1K-9268. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12182018-142547647

Hung, Peter Shek-Ho (2016) Advanced Applications of Nanoelectromechanical Systems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9J38QJ3. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05272016-154210811

Heinz, Nicholas A. (2014) Microstructure Control and Iodine Doping of Bismuth Telluride. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/HKX2-QG08. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06112014-114312386

Hill, Jeffrey Thomas (2013) Nonlinear Optics and Wavelength Translation Via Cavity-Optomechanics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/DKW6-TF64. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05312013-144103500

Hong, Ting (2013) Brownian Thermal Noise in Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors and Single Photon Optomechanics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/B83T-7730. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07182012-212554378

Huang, Ruo-Gu (2012) High-Performance Silicon Nanowire Electronics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/CG0M-QB27. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12142011-124639130

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Jahelka, Phillip Robert (2022) Progress in Low-Cost Gallium Arsenide Solar Cells. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/btbp-6h76. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05242022-235428954

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Kaifu, Hiroki (2024) Structural and Dynamical Correlations Linked to Smaller Thermal Resistance at a Classical Liquid/Solid Interface. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/4z6h-v265. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06012024-162517388

Katti, Raj Michael (2022) Josephson Inductance Thermometry in Resonantly-Coupled Van-der-Waals Heterostructures. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/190v-av56. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11122021-191329247

Kennedy, Kathleen Marie (2021) Renewable Energy Generation and Storage: From Microwires to Macro-Energy Systems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/nsmj-tq29. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10142020-161631454

Kim, Laura (2019) Novel Light Emitting Mechanisms Originating from Graphene Plasmons Near and Far from Equilibrium. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/1CDC-HV37. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05062019-203520662

Korth, William Zachary (2019) Mitigating Noise in Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/4H7V-W213. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05292019-020613259

Kim, Dennis Sungtae (2018) Silicon Revisited: Understanding Pure Phonon Anharmonicity and the Effects on Thermophysical Properties. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9C827HR. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechThesis:02202018-144811029

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

Kher, Aditya Shreyas (2017) Superconducting Nonlinear Kinetic Inductance Devices. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9JQ0Z1F. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02062017-171647432

Kosten, Emily Dell (2014) Optical Designs for Improved Solar Cell Performance. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/8Y5H-AM79. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05222014-154510725

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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

Lydon, Joseph John II (2015) Nonlinear Effects in Granular Crystals with Broken Periodicity. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z93J39XM. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01212015-023955427

Lan, Tian (2014) Studies of Phonon Anharmonicity in Solids. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/AB7A-FP25. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05142014-120832065

Li, Jiang (2013) Nonlinear Optics in Planar Silica-on-Silicon Disk Resonators. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/20G7-EM85. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05312013-151745220

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Mukasa, Daniel (2025) Computational Design of Wearable Chemical Sensors for Personalized Healthcare. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/r46k-sw73. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06292024-045659387

Mauser, Kelly Ann Weekley (2019) Resonant Thermoelectric Nanophotonics: Applications in Spectral and Thermal Sensing. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/0HJF-X691. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06062019-191307495

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

Mauger, Lisa Mary (2015) The Phonon Thermodynamics of Iron and Cementite. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9TQ5ZH3. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06092015-103051110

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

Moore, David Craig (2012) A Search for Low-Mass Dark Matter with the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search and the Development of Highly Multiplexed Phonon-Mediated Particle Detectors. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/X8JD-4R90. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05172012-142723949

Matheny, Matthew Hayward (2012) Nonisochronous Oscillations in Piezoelectric Nanomechanical Resonators. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/2P71-JT64. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06082012-140554238

Michael, Christopher Paul (2009) Optical Material Characterization Using Microdisk Cavities. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/G2P2-DY72. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05282009-103510

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Nandi, Debaleena (2016) Coulomb Drag and Tunneling Studies in Quantum Hall Bilayers. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z97H1GG0. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09232015-145320310

Narang, Prineha (2015) Light-Matter Interactions in Semiconductors and Metals: From Nitride Optoelectronics to Quantum Plasmonics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9513W4S. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06052015-164458210

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Omelchenko, Stefan Thomas (2019) Towards a Net-zero Carbon Energy System: High Efficiency Photovoltaics and Electrocatalysts. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/B6AS-EA22. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06022019-111830413

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Phelan, Megan Elisabeth (2023) Optimization of Photovoltaic Performance for Luminescent Solar Concentrator Systems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/aqhb-s069. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02232023-035632589

Pang, Belinda Heyun (2018) Theoretical Foundations for Quantum Measurement in a General Relativistic Framework. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/dfyy-y188. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06082018-212416022

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

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

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Quine, Cullen Mackenzie (2023) Tunability of Gas Adsorption Enthalpies in Carbonaceous Materials for Energy-Related Applications. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/r5ad-1j85. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05292023-054311609

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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

Rosenberg, Jessie C. (2010) Applications of Micro/Nanoscale Optical Resonators: Plasmonic Photodetectors and Double-Disk Cavity Optomechanics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/GA8B-F134. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03072010-230109724

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Saunders, Claire Nicole (2022) Thermal Behavior of Cuprous Oxide: a Comprehensive Study of Three-Body Phonon Effects and Beyond. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/mate-2v65. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05262022-015714738

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

Safavi-Naeini, Amir Hossein (2013) Quantum Optomechanics with Silicon Nanostructures. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/VZW9-1Z52. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05312013-145253965

Standley, Brian Lawrence (2012) Graphene as a Platform for Novel Nanoelectronic Devices. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/6MMB-T165. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06062012-025632521

Stenson, Eve Virginia (2012) Fields, Forces, and Flows: What Laboratory Experiments Reveal About the Dynamics of Arched Plasma Structures. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/24HR-J675. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06102012-025123301

Suh, Junho (2011) Coupled Dynamics of a Nanomechanical Resonator and Superconducting Quantum Circuits. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/99JV-AF45. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04122011-090427340

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Turner-Evans, Daniel B. (2013) Wire Array Photovoltaics. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/8E75-WH21. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05292013-225612828

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Vasilyev, Arseny (2013) The Optoelectronic Swept-Frequency Laser and Its Applications in Ranging, Three-Dimensional Imaging, and Coherent Beam Combining of Chirped-Seed Amplifiers. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/YD38-BT07. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06032013-060508409

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Whitney, William Schuyler (2019) Electrically-Tunable Light-Matter Interactions in Quantum Materials. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/KKB7-KN62. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05252019-154108242

Weinstein, Aaron Jacob (2016) Quantum Electromechanics with Two Tone Drive. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z95M63MJ. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01072016-143812513

Wollman, Emma Edwina (2015) Quantum Squeezing of Motion in a Mechanical Resonator. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9CR5R97. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05292015-131603299

Wilson, Dalziel Joseph (2012) Cavity Optomechanics with High Stress Silicon Nitride Films. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/VB3C-1G76. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06122012-123343193

Ward, Robert Lawrence (2010) Length Sensing and Control of a Prototype Advanced Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detector. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/20SX-2935. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05252010-134621351

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Yang, Fred Chae-Reem (2019) High Temperature Electron-Phonon and Magnon-Phonon Interactions. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/1KP5-CJ98. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03272019-174351662

Yeaton-Massey, David Joseph (2016) Cryogenic Silicon Optical Reference Cavities. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z91V5BWT. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01042016-150434876