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Applications of response theory to excited electronic states : metal oxide clusters and non-linear absorption in squaraine dyes
(Heriot-Watt University Engineering and Physical Sciences, 2022-08)Over the past one hundred years, an incredible range of electronic structure methods have been developed providing great insight into the quantum chemistry involved in chemical processes, including reaction pathways, ... -
General Relativity analogues in nonlinear optical systems
(Heriot-Watt University Engineering and Physical Sciences, 2022-08)This thesis presents the results of the experimental and numerical investigations of nonlinear optical systems in relation to their analogy with some General Relativity phenomena. After a short introduction on the context ... -
General Relativity analogues in nonlinear optical systems
(Heriot-Watt University Engineering and Physical Sciences, 2022-08)This thesis presents the results of the experimental and numerical investigations of nonlinear optical systems in relation to their analogy with some General Relativity phenomena. After a short introduction on the context ... -
Hydrogenated micro-/nano-crystalline silicon thin films for thermoelectrics
(Heriot-Watt University Engineering and Physical Sciences, 2021-04)Hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon thin films (µc-Si: H) deposited by plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition represent a relatively low cost material to process at commercial scale in mature sectors, i.e. photovoltaics ... -
Pushing single photon array cameras to the limits : single molecule widefield lifetime imaging
(Heriot-Watt University Engineering and Physical Sciences, 2022-07)Microscopy has been an underpinning technology of the scientific community since it’s conception at the end of the 16th century. Significant inventions, which are still in use today, in the form of the fluorescence ...