The Netherlands : PhD in Ultrafast Photonics

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Department of Electrical Engineering

Eindhoven, (Noord-Brabant), 40 hours per week

Job description

The Opto-Electronic Devices Group of the Department of Electrical Engineering, invites applications for a 4-year Ph.D position in integrated semiconductor frequency comb and ultrafast laser systems. The position can be started any time this year. The research is part of a new programme involving a consortium of researchers at the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, Universiteit Twente and three companies (Cedova B.V., Lionix B.V. and Toptica). The research is on 1.5µm quantum dot modelocked femtosecond lasers and integrated pulse shapers with fast shaping capabilities. Applications are in frequency comb measurement systems and biophotonic non-linear imaging. This work builds on earlier results we have obtained with quantum dot modelocked lasers and integrated pulse compressors.

See: M.J.R. Heck et al., “Observation of Q-switching and mode-locking in two-section InAs/InP (100) quantum dot lasers around 1.55 µm“, Optics Express, Vol. 15, No. 25, 16292-16301 (2007),

http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?uri=oe-15-25-16292 .

Requirements
Required education/skills:University Graduate

The successful candidate will have a strong academic background, pioneering mentality and a recently obtained an MSc degree in physics or electrical engineering with good results. If you are interested in gaining experience in fascinating research, please send your application to the address below.

Job type: Research / Advising

Workfield(s):
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers

Organization
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Department of Electrical Engineering

The Department of Electrical Engineering concerns the research and education of the Electrical Engineering discipline. Electrical Engineering covers the application of electrical phenomena with respect to energy transfer, telecommunication, and calculation and processing of information and the technology involved. Both hardware, in the form of electronic circuits and accessories, and software, in the form of system software for electro-technical application, are the subject of study. Existing and new electrical components and systems are analyzed, designed and realized. In addition, the maintenance of these systems is the subject of research, as is the relevance for society of electrical engineering and informatics.

Conditions of employment
Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2000 - 2500
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 jaar
Maximum hours per week: 40

Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

dr. Erwin Bente
Telephone number: 31 40 2475058

Or Dhr. Paul Tiel Groenestege
Telephone number: 31 40 2472004
E-mail address: p.f.m.tiel.groenestege@tue.nl

Or additional information can be obtained through the following link:

• About the organization (http://www.tue.nl)

Application
You can apply for this job before 31-08-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
PT 10.33
dr. Erwin Bente
Postbus 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
Nederland
E-mail: e.a.j.m.bente@tue.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber V36.346.

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