Doctoral Position in Experimental Ultrafast Optics and Photonics

ETH ZürichZurichIntern
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Job description As a doctoral student, you will develop and implement novel ultrafast experiments to investigate time-varying electromagnetic media The project combines optical pump-probe spectroscopy, broadband terahertz techniques, subwavelength waveguide engineering, and advanced optical instrumentation to explore fundamentally new regimes of light-matter interaction Your research activities will include: Development of ultrafast optical pump-probe experiments Generation and phase-resolved detection of broadband terahertz pulses Characterization of subwavelength THz waveguides in collaboration with project partners Development of advanced optical instrumentation and experimental methodologies Data analysis and numerical modelling Close collaboration with researchers from the participating ETH research groups The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of a completely new experimental platform while addressing fundamental questions at the intersection of photonics, electromagnetism, and ultrafast science.

Job description

As a doctoral student, you will develop and implement novel ultrafast experiments to investigate time-varying electromagnetic media The project combines optical pump-probe spectroscopy, broadband terahertz techniques, subwavelength waveguide engineering, and advanced optical instrumentation to explore fundamentally new regimes of light-matter interaction Your research activities will include: Development of ultrafast optical pump-probe experiments Generation and phase-resolved detection of broadband terahertz pulses Characterization of subwavelength THz waveguides in collaboration with project partners Development of advanced optical instrumentation and experimental methodologies Data analysis and numerical modelling Close collaboration with researchers from the participating ETH research groups The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of a completely new experimental platform while addressing fundamental questions at the intersection of photonics, electromagnetism, and ultrafast science.
  • As a doctoral student, you will develop and implement novel ultrafast experiments to investigate time-varying electromagnetic media
  • The project combines optical pump-probe spectroscopy, broadband terahertz techniques, subwavelength waveguide engineering, and advanced optical instrumentation to explore fundamentally new regimes of light-matter interaction

Your research activities will include:

  • Development of ultrafast optical pump-probe experiments
  • Generation and phase-resolved detection of broadband terahertz pulses
  • Characterization of subwavelength THz waveguides in collaboration with project partners
  • Development of advanced optical instrumentation and experimental methodologies
  • Data analysis and numerical modelling
  • Close collaboration with researchers from the participating ETH research groups

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of a completely new experimental platform while addressing fundamental questions at the intersection of photonics, electromagnetism, and ultrafast science.