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2025

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

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

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

2023

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

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

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

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

2022

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

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

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

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

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

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

2021

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

2020

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

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

2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2018

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

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

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

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

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

2017

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

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

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

2016

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2015

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

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

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

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

2014

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

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

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

2013

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2012

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

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

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

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

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

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

2011

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

2010

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

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

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

2009

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

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