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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
- 1Agnew, Thomas
- 1Bachman, Jocelyn
- 1Clark, Thomas J.
- 1Kim, Paul H.
- 1MacDonald, Allison J. R.
- 1Potts, Clinton
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Fall 2019
This thesis describes the design, fabrication, and characterization of 3D superconducting microwave cavities for two applications. It first describes a cryogenically compatible microwave filter that is able to tune its resonant frequency by an unprecedented 5 GHz via deformation caused by a a...
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Fall 2022
Magnetic spin waves (magnons) are promising building blocks in developing classical and quantum hybrid systems. Magnons can couple to numerous sub-systems, such as microwave and optical photons, superconducting qubits and phonons. However, the parametric interaction between magnons and...
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Fall 2015
Cavity optomechanical devices are interesting systems for probing quantum mechanical behaviour of mesoscopic objects. A basic requirement for these types of experiments is preparation of the mechanical resonator in, or at least very close to, its ground state. Although active laser cooling...
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Spring 2023
When a photon experiences a change in momentum of any form, be it being absorbed or reflected from a surface, the photon will exert a force upon that material. This force is called the radiation pressure force. One way that we can harness this radiation pressure force is to couple optical and...
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Spring 2019
Coupling optical cavities to freely moving mechanical devices results in optomechanical systems. Enabled by advancing fabrication techniques, optomechanical systems are now easily fabricated using silicon-on-insulator chips at the micro- and nanoscale. These nano-optomechanical systems (NOMS)...
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Spring 2015
Optomechanics, the sensing of mechanical movement using optical modes, has seen great advancement in recent years and has been used for its high displacement sensitivity to couple to a variety of mechanical devices. Torsional devices have historically been used for measuring de Haas-van Alphen...
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Fall 2020
Wavelength transduction of light, specifically between the microwave and telecom regimes, has received a great deal of attention from the cavity optomechanics community as a landmark application for optomechanical systems. Mechanical systems are uniquely suited to wavelength transduction, as...
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Fall 2014
Torsional oscillators are well known for their extensive applications ranging from measuring gravity to detecting angular momentum of light. When these torsional resonators scale down, through advanced nanofabrication techniques, the applications extend to measuring quantum effects such as the...