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Fall 2022
Single photon emitters hosted in hexagonal boron nitride have attracted significant attention over the past 5 years. This is in part due to their room temperature operation, chemical and physical stability, and high quantum efficiency. Continuous hexagonal boron nitride thin films (~ 10 – 20 nm...
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Magnetometry with Microwave-Assisted Optical Pumping in Warm Rb Vapor and Microfabricated Rb Vapor Cells
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Quantum optical sensing is a maturing field that offers the capability to achieve extraor- dinary sensitivity. Atomic magnetometers, for example, now have the capability to detect brain signals and to precisely measure Earth’s gravity field. In optical atomic magnetome- ters, the electronic spins...
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Fall 2019
In order to take quantum mechanical systems out of the lab and produce practical devices, a method of miniaturizing and integrating apparatus components is needed. In the context of ultracold atomic gas experiments, the ideal method of achieving this miniaturization is the implementation of atom...
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Fall 2020
This thesis describes the theory, fabrication, and characterization of on-chip, integrated Fabry-Perot microcavities embedded with thin silicon nitride membranes. The approach combines a previously developed process for fabricating self-assembled Si / SiO2 / Ta2O5 curved mirror cavities, with a...
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Fall 2020
Advancements in scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) have enabled atomic-scale lithographic patterning of logic gates, memory, and wires, by selectively passivating hydrogen (H) atoms on a H-terminated silicon (Si) surface. However, atomically fabricated systems encounter challenges of developing...
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Fall 2020
This thesis describes the design, fabrication, morphological overview, optical characterization, and fluid infiltration of ‘open-access’, small mode-volume, and high quality-factor Fabry-Perot micro-cavities in the telecommunication range followed by the simulation of a-Si:H/SiO2-based Bragg...