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An experimental study of single hole spin qubit coherence in a GaAs/AlGaAs double quantum dot device
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-15)This thesis discusses a series of experiments performed on a p-type laterally-gated GaAs/AlGaAs double quantum dot device. The main purpose of these experiments was to explore the potential of a theoretically-predicted ... -
Experimentally Testable Noncontextuality Inequalities Via Fourier-Motzkin Elimination
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-29)Generalized noncontextuality as defined by Spekkens is an attempt to make precise the distinction between classical and quantum theories. It is a restriction on models used to reproduce the predictions of quantum mechanics. ... -
Experiments with Generalized Quantum Measurements and Entangled Photon Pairs
(University of Waterloo, 2009-11-02)This thesis describes a linear-optical device for performing generalized quantum measurements on quantum bits (qubits) encoded in photon polarization, the implementation of said device, and its use in two diff erent but ... -
Explainable AI for retinal OCT diagnosis
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-20)Artificial intelligence methods such as deep learning are leading to great progress in complex tasks that are usually associated with human intelligence and experience. Deep learning models have matched if not bettered ... -
Exploiting the Potential of Carbon Nanotubes and Fullerenes Through their Interaction with Specially Designed π-Conjugated Iptycenes
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-23)Electronics have become integrated into every aspect of modern life, from work to leisure we rely on electronics for key tasks in our daily routine. Recent research efforts have seen a push towards flexible electronic ... -
Exploiting the Properties and Reactivity of Thiazoles in the Design of Conjugated Materials.
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-13)Of fundamental importance to the advancement of next-generation technologies using organic electronic materials is the development of new synthetic methodologies and the investigation of novel material properties. Thiazoles ... -
Exploiting the tunable selectivity features of polymeric ionic liquid-based SPME sorbents in food analysis
(Elsevier, 2018-10-01)In this work, the performances of polymeric ionic liquid (PIL) based solid-phase microextraction (SPME) coatings were assessed for applications concerning food safety and quality. Two different polymeric ionic liquid ... -
Exploration and Optimization of Tellurium-Based Thermoelectrics: Property enhancements through heavy p-block inclusions and complex bonding.
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-23)Thermoelectric materials are the only known materials capable of direct conversion of a heat gradient into electricity (Seebeck effect) or vice-versa (Peltier effect). Thermoelectric (TE) devices are comprised of solid-state ... -
An Exploration of Clustering Statistics and Tidal Alignments in the Context of Group Catalogues
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-04)The use of three-dimensional galaxy surveys and large cosmological simulations of the galaxy distribution has advanced our understanding of large-scale structure over the last few decades. At the forefront of this are ... -
Exploration of Higher-Order Quantum Interference Landscapes
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-31)Earth, Moon and Sun unite when they star together in the three-body problem, whose intricate plot still baffles us today. For some reason, the factorization of the two-body problem into two one-body problems does not, in ... -
An Exploration of Locality, Conservation Laws, and Spin
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-23)Conservation rules are central to our understanding of the physical world, they place re- strictions on how particles can move and dictate what can occur during an interaction. However, it is often taken for granted how a ... -
Exploration of reconstructed PET hydrolase ancestors by biophysical and computational methods
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-26)Ancestral sequence reconstruction (ASR), originally developed for the study of molecular evolution, has gained attention as a promising method for protein engineering in the recent decade. The ancestors revived by this ... -
An Exploration of Secure Circular Multi-Party Quantum Computation
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)Multi party quantum computation (MPQC) is any quantum cryptographic protocol where multiple untrusted users collaborate to perform calculations on their combined data without revealing their private information. MPQC is ... -
An Exploration of the Scope of GPCR to RTK Transactivation in HT22 and SH-SY5Y cells
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-02)Receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) transactivation is a mechanism by which G proteincoupled receptor (GPCR) activity induces the activation of an RTK. As separate families of receptors, they were long thought to act ... -
Exploration of the suitability of coated blade spray for rapid analysis of pesticides in agricultural commodities and byproducts
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-03)The multiresidue analysis of pesticides in domestic and imported agricultural products is completed on hundreds of thousands of samples yearly by regulatory agencies in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Currently, ... -
Exploration of the Underlying Visual Perceptual and Cognitive Mechanisms of Dynamic Visual Acuity
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-25)Purpose: Dynamic visual acuity (dynamic VA) is a complex, perceptual ability of the visual system that involves determining fine details of objects as they move across one’s field of view (1–4). Over the years, there has ... -
Explorations in black hole chemistry and higher curvature gravity
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-08)This thesis has two goals. The primary goal is to communicate two results within the framework of black hole chemistry, while the secondary goal is concerned with higher curvature theories of gravity. Super-entropic ... -
Explorations in machine learning for interacting many-body systems.
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-03)Most interacting many-body systems in physics are not analytically solvable. Instead, numerical methods are needed for the study of these complex and high-dimensional problems. At present, there are many interesting problems ... -
Explorations in the Conformal Bootstrap
(University of Waterloo, 2017-07-19)We investigate properties of various conformally invariant quantum systems, especially from the point of view of the conformal bootstrap. First, we study twist line defects in three-dimensional conformal field theories. ... -
Explorations of Black Hole Thermodynamics in de Sitter Spacetime
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-23)In this thesis I map out two approaches that are foundational to studying black hole thermodynamics in de Sitter spacetime. The first is to understand the "thermodynamic volume" of cosmological horizons in isolation. ...