Positions available: up to 13
Duration: 36 months (3 years) each
Living allowance: Very attractive salary package
Initial training network: NOTEDEV
Research theme: Terahertz optoelectronics

The NOTEDEV project

The NOTEDEV ITN (http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/rcn/110360_en.html) aims to link several groups with a range of expertise across a wide variety of THz optoelectronics areas. At the same time it will provide a new generation of researchers with high quality training in a broader range of skills relevant to modern scientists.

Eligibility Criteria:

The candidates must meet all the criteria listed below

1. At the time of recruitment by the host organisation, must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of their host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the reference date. Short stays such as holidays and/or compulsory national service are not taken into account.
2. At the starting time of the positions, the candidates must have completed the courses that would have allowed them to enrol in a doctorate program either in the country where they are studying or in the country offering the position.
3. Gross living allowance is subject to employment laws and employer costs deduction

The NOTEDEV project

The realization of efficient, cheap, reliable, scalable and portable terahertz (THz) radiation sources and detectors is one of the important objectives in modern applied physics. THz emitters and detectors have potential applications in biology, medicine, security and nondestructive in-depth imaging. However, none of the existing THz devices satisfy the application requirements. The unique position of the THz frequency range beyond the reach of conventional electronics and photonics attracts a broad range of approaches to bridging the THz gap which are based on completely different physical principles. The ITN aims to link several groups working in different areas of device physics with a common goal of achieving a breakthrough in THz optoelectronics; whilst delivering simultaneously high-quality training of a new generation of researchers exposed to the broadest range of ideas and techniques in this rapidly evolving field.

The ESRs joining NOTEDEV will have a unique opportunity to enjoy close personal contact with internationally renowned experts and to put together an unprecedented, complex but unified overall understanding of terahertz optoelectronics and device fabrication. To deliver the highest quality of training to young talented researchers, NOTEDEV has identified the following four key research themes: (i) Polariton-based THz emission using microcavities in the strong coupling regime, (ii) New types and concepts of semiconducting materials for short pulsed THz emission, (iii) Carbon nanotubes and graphene as THz emitters and detectors, (iv) Application of Ferroelectric and Multiferroic materials for THz devices.

The NOTEDEV Consortium

Coordinator: Durham University, United Kingdom (UK)

Academic Partner institutions: 8 including coordinator
St Petersburg Academic University (Russia), Universitie Paris Diderot (France), University Vilnius (Lithuania), Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague (Czech Republic), Exeter University (UK), University of Iceland (Iceland); Amiens University (France)

Industrial partners:  1
Alpes Lasers (Switzerland).

Positions Available

Location: University of Durham, Durham, United Kingdom
Position 1: Design and fabrication of THz cavities
For more details or to apply please click on the following link:
Design and fabrication of THz cavities

Closing date: 02 March 2014
Contact: Dr Andrew Gallant, a.j.gallant@durham.ac.uk + 44 191 3342525

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Location: University of Durham, Durham, United Kingdom
Position 2: Integration of terahertz cavities with a polaritonic emitter
For more details or to apply please click on the following link:
Integration of terahertz cavities with a polaritonic emitter

Closing date: 02 March 2014
Contact: Dr Andrew Gallant, a.j.gallant@durham.ac.uk 

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Location: University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
Position 7: Theory of carbon-nanostructure-based THz emitters and detectors
For more details or to apply please click on the following link:
Theory of carbon-nanostructure-based THz emitters and detectors

Closing date: 15 March 2014
Contact: Prof. Mikhail (Misha) Portnoi, M.E.Portnoi@exeter.ac.uk; 

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Location: University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
Position 8: Experimental study of ultra-fast optical phenomena and THz transitions in graphene and carbon nanotube arrays
For more details or to apply please click on the following link:
Experimental study of ultra-fast optical phenomena and THz transitions in graphene and carbon nanotube arrays

Closing date: 15 March 2014
Contact: Prof. Euan Hendry, E.Hendry@exeter.ac.uk