This PhD will present an outstanding candidate to develop an broad range of skills within nanophotonics, nanoplasmonics and metamaterials. The primary application area targeted will be in the the area of chemo- and bio-sensing for which tunable UV metamaterials and nanoplasmonic nanostructures can provide significant advantages over those designed for other spectral ranges. However, such an exciting avenue of research will of course supplement other research goals within the Experimental Biophysics and Nanotechnology Groups at KCL.The main thrust of the project will be combining top-down and bottom-up fabrication methods for the creation of new plasmonic metamaterials for operation primarily, but not exclusively, in the UV spectral window. Not only will the successful candidate gain experience of a range of state-of-the-art fabrication technqiues (together with structural characterisation), but in addition they will become famililar with a host of optical characteristion techniques ranging from deep-UV to IR spectroscopy, ellipsometry and expanding to nonlinear characterisation techniques (SHG, THG) in collaboration with Dr. Gregory Wurtz and Prof. Anatoly Zayats.In addition to purely experimental work, the successful candidate will work closely with other members of the wider reserarch groups with expertise in simulation, forming a closed feedback loop between design and
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optimisation of such nanostructures.The starting date is negotiable, although preferably September 2014.
The project is based at the Experimental Biophysics and Nanotechnology Group at King's College London (www.kcl.ac.uk/physics), under the supervision of Dr Wayne Dickson. For further details contact wayne.dickson@kcl.ac.uk

Funding available is available for UK and EU residents.