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Toward standardization of Quantum Key Distribution
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-03)Information security becomes an inseparable part of our everyday life. An encryption method widely used today is public-key encryption. The security of this method is based on a hard to solve mathematical problems against ... -
Toward Ultracold Atoms for Quantum Thermalization Studies
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-02)Ultracold atoms are a great platform to understand one of the most interesting open problems in physics: quantum thermalization. Building a new lab for ultracold atoms is a challenging task for the various tools that ... -
Towards a Better Understanding of the Na-O2 Battery System
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-28)The electrification of transportation requires cost-effective energy storage systems with high energy densities. Aprotic sodium-oxygen batteries offer great promise for advanced energy storage as these batteries possess ... -
Towards a new implementation of ‘MREOM-CC’, with application to MO+ dimers (M = V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni)
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-24)Multi Reference Equation of Motion Coupled Cluster (MREOM-CC) is an electronic structure method that allows the calculation of many electronic states simultaneously. A sequence of transformations are ... -
Towards Analog Quantum Simulations of Dynamical Gauge Theories
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-20)A system which can implement an analog quantum simulation of lattice gauge theories has been proposed. In particular, the Schwinger model is formulated in terms of a lattice and superconducting qubit implementation is ... -
Towards Dual-Isotope Entangling Gates for Trapped-Ion Quantum Computing
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-14)Entangling gates are essential to the development in the capabilities of any trapped-ion quantum computer. High-fidelity entangling gates have previously been demonstrated on trapped-ion quantum hardware with single species ... -
Towards InAs nanowire double quantum dots for quantum information processing
(University of Waterloo, 2010-11-03)Currently, a major challenge for solid-state spin qubit systems is achieving one-qubit operations on a timescale shorter than the spin coherence time, T2*, a goal currently two orders of magnitude away. By taking advantage ... -
Towards magnetic force sensing of single molecules using suspended carbon nanotubes
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-19)Measuring the magnetic moment of a single spin remains an experimental challenge. Measuring such a moment at timescales relevant to relaxation in many small spin systems, even more so. However, such a measurement would ... -
Towards many-body physics with Rydberg-dressed cavity polaritons
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-23)An exciting frontier in quantum information science is the creation and manipulation of bottom-up quantum systems that are built and controlled one by one. For the past 30 years, we have witnessed signi cant progresses ... -
Towards Maximal Cell Density Predictions for Polymeric Foams
(Elsevier, 2011-10-04)Self-consistent field theory is used to make direct predictions for the maximum possible cell densities for model polymer foam systems without recourse to classical nucleation theory or activation barrier kinetic arguments. ... -
Towards On-demand Generation of Entangled Photons with Quantum Dots
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-17)The biexciton-exciton cascade in quantum dots (QDs) yields entangled photon pairs, and recent developments in engineering photonic structures around the dot for efficient light extraction and proper control of the ... -
Towards point-of-care detection of polymicrobial infections: Rapid colorimetric response using a portable spectrophotometer
(Elsevier, 2016-09)Infectious diseases spread rapidly because current diagnostic methods are slow, expensive, and require technical expertise. Biosensors have recently been used as devices that can be deployed at the point-of-care for rapid ... -
Towards Practical Hybrid Quantum / Classical Computing
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-28)Quantum computing is in a critical phase where theoretical schemes and protocols are now being implemented in the real world for the first time. Experimental implementations can help us solidify ideas, and can also complicate ... -
Towards Quantifying Groundwater Resources of the Paloluoma Buried Bedrock Valley in Western Finland with Groundwater Modelling
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-03)Groundwater provides about 60 percent of drinking water in Finland. In western Finland, drinking water for the town of Kurikka (pop. ~21 700) comes from glaciofluvial aquifers confined underneath thick glaciomarine aquitards ... -
Towards Real-World Adoption of Quantum Key Distribution using Entangled Photons
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-21)In order for quantum key distribution (QKD) to move from the lab to widespread adoption, it will need to be compatible with existing infrastructure. To that end, I demonstrate an implementation of QKD with entangled ... -
Towards simulating 2D effects in lattice gauge theories on a quantum computer
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-26)Quantum Field Theories (QFTs) are the most successful theories for describing nature at its most fundamental level. Despite the fact that QFTs are capable of predicting a wide range of phenomena, obtaining solutions to ... -
Towards the Development of Thermoresponsive Starch Films
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-22)Wound dressings are an important part of the global wound care market. In addition to having desirable physical properties such as flexibility and gas permeability, it is also important that they be easily removed. As ... -
Towards the Production of the Haemophilus influenzae IgA1 protease in Escherichia coli
(University of Waterloo, 2014-12-12)H. influenzae is a gram-negative bacterium colonizing the human respiratory tract and is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths annually. To aid in persistence and infection in its human host H. influenzae produces ... -
Towards Understanding Differential Ion Mobility and its Applications for Analytical and Medicinal Chemistry
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-30)This PhD thesis, titled “Towards Understanding Differential Ion Mobility Spectrometry and its Applications in Analytical and Medicinal Chemistry,” encompasses a broad effort to understand the principles that underpin ... -
Towards understanding of poly-guanine activated fluorescent silver nanoclusters
(Institute of Physics, 2014-03-18)It has been recently reported that the fluorescence of some DNA-templated silver nanoclusters (AgNCs) can be significantly enhanced upon by hybridizing with a partially complementary DNA containing a G-rich overhang near ...