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Results for "departments_tesim:"Department of Physics""
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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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Fall 2022
This thesis lays out the work required to design and create a platform for cryogenically compatible testing of on-chip microwave resonators, intended as a platform for quantum-limited electromechanical torque sensing. We have created a platform with less than 8 dB loss across an operating range...
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Spring 2014
A granular superconductor is a system that consists of two types of materials, one is superconducting, and the other is insulating. Instead of alloying, these two materials form a granular structure where superconducting grains are embed in an insulating matrix. This is a seemingly simple...
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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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Spring 2020
Cryogenic optomechanical cavities fabricated from silicon are promising candidates for quantum information applications and platforms to study mesoscale quantum physics. However, the low temperature behaviour of these devices remains shrouded in mystery. To elucidate this, we have designed and...
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Spring 2017
Nanomechanical resonators are explored as mass sensors and molecular sensors due to their high sensitivity and real time label-free detection ability, respectively. One downside of mechanical molecular sensing is the lack of chemical information carried in the signal. For this reason, a...