Spatial Characterization Of Two-Photon States - GAP-Optique
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Acknowledgements<br />
This thesis compiles the result of five years of work at icfo. But it is, in some<br />
sense, the result of a longer process that started many years ago in Medellín.<br />
I would like to show my gratitude to all the people that helped me during all<br />
this time even though I cannot mention everybody explicitly.<br />
I would like to thank my advisor Juan P. Torres for inviting me to his<br />
group, and for being very patient with my impatience. I am grateful to Alejandra<br />
Valencia and Xiaojuan Shi for their generous and unconditional support.<br />
I wish to thank all the people that provide a stimulating and fun environment<br />
in icfo, especially Maurizio Righini, Laura Grau, Carsten Schuck, Masood<br />
Ghotbi, Xavier Vidal, Sibylle Braungardt, Jorge Luis Domínguez-Juárez,<br />
Petru Ghenuche, Rafael Betancurt, Philipp Hauke, Alessandro Ferraro, Agata<br />
Checinska, and Martin Hendrych. I would like to thank Niek van Hulst and<br />
his group, for adopting me at lunch time and for all party matters; and Morgan<br />
Mitchell and his group, especially Marco Koschorreck, Mario Napolitano,<br />
Florian Wolfgramm, Alessandro Cere and Brice Dubost. Logistical support by<br />
Nuria Segù, Maria del Mar Gil, Anne Gstöttner, Jose Carlos Cifuentes, and<br />
the electronic workshop have also been most helpful. I am extremely grateful<br />
to Miguel Navascués that has been like a little brother to me since I came to<br />
Barcelona, and to Artur García that welcomed me in his office every time that<br />
I needed to talk (and that was very often).<br />
I want to thank my “Barcelonian” friends for their caring, their emotional<br />
and gastronomical support, Mauricio Álvarez, Carolina Mora, Friman Sánchez,<br />
Tania de la Paz, Maria Teresa Vasco and Jose Uribe. Regardless the distance,<br />
many of my friends made available their support in a number of ways, I am<br />
grateful to Carlos Molina, Jose Palacios, Catalina López, Elizabeth Agudelo,<br />
Esteban Silva, Sebastían Patrón, Jaime Hincapie, Wolfgang Niedenzu, Andrew<br />
Hilliard, Juan C. Muñoz (y familia), Jaime Forero and Javier Moreno. It is a<br />
pleasure to thank Boudewijn Taminiau, Ied van Oorschot, and all the Taminiau<br />
family, since their visits and hospitality have made this years much nicer.<br />
Agradezco hasta el cielo a mi familia. A mis papás que me han inspirado<br />
siempre con su creatividad y fortaleza para resolver los problemas, a mis hermanas<br />
que siempre me apoyan, y a mi hermanito Felipe, que me ha trasmitido<br />
todo su amor por la ciencia, su curiosidad y su escepticismo.<br />
Finally, this thesis would not have been possible without the constant support<br />
of Tim Taminiau, his careful corrections of this manuscript and the nice<br />
3D images of the cone and the phase fronts that he made for me. I also thank<br />
Tim for giving me my first bicycle, for teaching me how to use it, and for<br />
pushing me up the mountain every day when we were going to work.<br />
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