3.10 Tesis doctorado

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    Outflows from tungsten conical wire arrays. Characterization and applications
    (2024) Muñoz-Cordovez, Gonzalo; Veloso Espinosa, Felipe Eduardo; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Física
    A tungsten conical wire array is used as load in the Llampudken pulsed power generator(∼400 kA in ∼350 ns) to study the outflows produced by it. At pressures of 10 −4 Torrthe dynamics of the wire array is probe by UV/XUV imaging and laser schlieren andinterferometry. These diagnostics show the expulsion of a dense plasma jet (n e = 3 × 10 24m −3 ) of a couple of centimeters in the axial direction above the anode. This plasma jet havevelocities between 10 4 − 10 5 m/s and its dimensionless parameters are computed in orderto compare the experimentally produced plasma jet with the astronomically producedones. At pressures that varies from 10 −5 Torr to 10 −2 Torr the upwards axial emission ofcharged particles is study using negatively biased Faraday cups. At 10 −5 Torr only ionsare detected by the cups but from 10 −4 Torr to 10 −2 Torr the detection of both electronsand ions moving together in the same direction is observed due to the ionization of thebackground gas. Velocity computed for the electrons and ions is in the order of 10 6 m/simplying MeV ions. Finally, the interaction of these outflows with stationary targets isstudy by placing silicon targets at different heights above the conical wire array. Resultsshow that visible damage over the target was observed from 10 cm to 21 cm above thearray where two main damages are appreciated. For targets located closer to the arraymainly micro-pores are observed but for targets located farther from the array stripes-likeformations are appreciated. These damages indicate that the silicon target boiled and wasfastly heated by the conical wire array outflows. Detail measurements of these outflowsand the damages produced on the silicon targets are shown an discussed in this thesis.
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    Single Molecules for Quantum Information and Metrology
    (2024) Escalante, Richard; Maze Ríos, Jerónimo; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Física
    Single luminescent molecules provide a unique approach in the development of quantum technologies utilizing single photon sources. This includes quantum metrology by using a molecule’s sensitivity of its emission and magnetic properties to the local environment. In this thesis, we present our investigation of the optical properties of several different classes of luminescent molecules. We begin by providing some theoretical background of single quantum emitters as well as a brief description of the experimental methodologies and equipment. Next, we present an optical investigation of an ensemble of iron phthalocyanines molecules. This molecule possesses a ground state triplet, which is a desirable property for optically active spin qubits, but has a very weak optical emission. Diffraction limited spots displayed photo-instability in the form of blinking and irreversible bleaching. In ensemble form however, their optical stability allowed us to identify a possible Raman peak where we calculated the associated phonon frequency. Next, we present our single molecule study of vanadium phthalocyanine. This molecule has been documented as displaying very long spin coherence times even at room temperatures. We confirmed the presence of a single molecule by measuring the second order correlation function. Additionally, we looked at the intensity and spectral response as a function of the excitation laser polarization. The spectrum was fitted to a two Gaussian function, which may correspond to the two dipole transitions as suggested by theoretical calculations. Lastly, we looked at the optical properties of rare earth europium complexes known for having very sharp optical transitions in the emission spectrum, with each having varying levels of sensitivity to the local environment. Motivated by techniques to investigate non-radiative decay channels, we looked at the optical response of four different europium complexes under two 1 µs pulses of 515 nm laser separated by 1 µs. Each displayed a very different results and allowed us to identify the best candidates for single molecule studies. Finally, we looked at the emission spectrum as well as the optical response under a 6 µs long pulse using time-correlation single photon spectroscopy.