The Optical Nanomaterial Group at the Physics Department of ETH Zurich of Assistant Professor Rachel Grange is seeking a highly motivated student for a PhD position in the area of Optical modes propagation in nanowires and their ultrafast applications.

PHD position in nanowires for ultrafast photonics

The PhD student will investigate anisotropic nanomaterials (mainly nanowires) and their applications as waveguides for local light delivery (nanoendoscope) and compact photonic devices. The interest is in the increasing demand for miniature optoelectronic devices that can access several spectral regions. With this work, the student will reveal if oxide-based materials maintain their nonlinear optical properties at the nanoscale, how to improve the efficiency in such nanostructures, and how the light interacts in such structures to form cavity modes. The project involves nanowires fabrication and processing by chemistry or photolithography, optical mode investigation with femtosecond laser pulses, and applications of the nanowires as waveguide sensors or ultrafast devices as optical parametric oscillator within a nanowire.

The successful candidate should be highly motivated and creative, show an exceptional track record, and have a background in physics, material sciences, optics, biochemistry, or related fields, and be interested in working in an interdisciplinary environment at the interface of nanotechnology, photonics and material sciences. The preferred starting date for this position is January 2015.

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