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The present work addressed in this thesis introduces, for the first time, the use of tilted fiber Bragg grating (TFBG) sensors for accurate, real-time, and in-situ characterization of CVD and ALD processes for noble metals, but with a…
Guiding and manipulating GHz frequency acoustic waves in $\mu$m-scale waveguides and resonators opens up new degrees of freedom to manipulate radio frequency (RF) signals in chip-scale platforms. A critical requirement for enabling…
Phonons confined in mechanical resonators can be coupled to a variety of quantum systems and are expected to be applied to hybrid quantum systems. Diamond surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices are capable of high efficiency in phonon…
Electromagnetic resonators, which are based on optical cavities or electronic circuits, are key elements to enhance and control light-matter interaction. In the THz range, current optical cavities exhibit very high-quality factors with…
Terahertz (THz) fields are widely applied for sensing, communication and quality control. In future applications, they could be efficiently confined, enhanced and manipulated - well below the classical diffraction limit - through the…
Humidity sensors play a vital role in industrial, healthcare, agricultural, and environmental applications; however, conventional sensors often suffer from issues like low sensitivity, slow response, and poor stability. This study…
Precise control and nanoscale confinement of terahertz (THz) fields are essential requirements for emerging applications in photonics, quantum technologies, wireless communications, and sensing. Here, we demonstrate a polaritonic cavity…
Highly prolate-shaped whispering-gallery-mode "bottle microresonators" have recently attracted considerable attention due to their advantageous properties. We experimentally show that such resonators offer ultra-high quality factors,…
In this letter, we have examined the superconducting ground state of the HfV$_2$Ga$_4$ compound using resistivity, magnetization, zero-field (ZF) and transverse-field (TF) muon-spin relaxation and rotation ($\mu$SR) measurements.…
Time-varying metasurfaces are emerging as a powerful instrument for the dynamical control of the electromagnetic properties of a propagating wave. Here we demonstrate an efficient time-varying metasurface based on plasmonic nano-antennas…
Low-dimensional layered materials have attracted tremendous attentions due to their wide range of physical and chemical properties and potential applications in electronic devices. Using first-principles method taking into account the…
This letter presents a numerical investigation of acoustic modes propagating in an LiNbO$_3$/sapphire substrate under a periodic Al grating, demonstrating the occurrence of longitudinal leaky SAWs (LLSAWs) with a unique combination of very…
The terahertz (THz) properties of ZrN thin films grown with CMOS-techniques on industry-standard 300 mm silicon wafers are investigated in order to explore their superconducting behavior. The films have thicknesses ranging from 18 to 48 nm,…
High thermoelectric properties are associated with the phonon-glass electron-crystal paradigm. Conventional wisdom suggests that the optimal bandgap of semiconductor to achieve the largest power factor should be between 6 and 10 kbT. To…
Gigahertz acoustic resonators have the potential to advance data processing and quantum communication. However, they are expensive and lack responsiveness to external stimuli, limiting their use in sensing applications. In contrast,…
Zero-index metamaterials (ZIMs) feature a uniform electromagnetic mode over a large area in arbitrary shapes, enabling many applications including high-transmission supercouplers with arbitrary shapes, direction-independent phase matching…
This paper provides a theoretical investigation of negative refraction and focusing of elastic guided waves in a free-standing plate with a step-like thickness change. Under certain conditions, a positive phase velocity (forward) Lamb mode…
Frequency-selective or even frequency-tunable Terahertz (THz) photodevices are critical components for many technological applications that require nanoscale manipulation, control and confinement of light. Within this context, gate-tunable…
A theory of an acoustic vector soliton of the Love wave is constructed. The nonlinear Love wave propagating along the interface between of a plane surface layer and the elastic semi-space under the condition of acoustic self-induced…
Superconducting microwave resonators have recently gained a primary importance in the development of cryogenic applications, such as circuit quantum electrodynamics, electron spin resonance spectroscopy and particles detection for…