Post-doctoral position in ultrafast molecular electron diffraction

Institute of Photonic Sciences, Luxembourg

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ICFO is offering a postdoctoral position to a well-qualified, highly motivated and dynamic young scientist who wishes to enhance his/her scientific career in the field of Molecular Imaging and Attosecond Science in a friendly and stimulating environment.

The applicant will join the Attoscience and Ultrafast Optics group, led by Prof. Dr. Jens Biegert, which consists of a highly motivated team of scientists with state-of-the art equipment. Our experimental environment includes several cutting-edge few-cycle intense-light sources, with special emphasis on wavelengths in the mid-IR and CEP stability. We are embedded in several national, European and international networks and collaborations which ensures a vibrant and stimulating research environment. Our general research is concerned with a variety of topics ranging from ultrafast laser physics to extreme nonlinear optics and strong field atomic and molecular physics.


Project description: We have been developing and applying mid-IR driven electron recollision in combination with kinematic coincidence detection (COLTRIMS/reaction microscope) to achieve combined picometer spatial and attosecond temporal resolution imaging of molecular structures. The aim of our experimental program is the investigation of electron-nuclear dynamics of non-adiabatic dynamics, conical intersections and pathways which drive isomerization. This research encompasses the quantum dynamics of multi-body correlations, atomic and molecular physics, recollision science, molecular alignment and electron diffraction techniques, and it will be carried out in the framework of the ERC Advanced Grant TRANSFORMER in connection with experimental and theoretical partners. The success of this project will have significance in fields of attoscience, molecular imaging, and atomic/molecular physics.

See e.g.: Nature Commun. 6, 7262 (2015), Phys. Rev. X 5, 021034 (2015), Nature Commun. 7, 11922 (2016), Science 354, 308 (2016), PNAS 10, 1817465116 (2019)


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