PhD candidate: Supercontinuum Generation for Next-Generation Tunable Ultrafast Lasers

14 May 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

CNRS-FEMTO-ST institute

Department

Optics

Research Field

Physics » Optics

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

France

Application Deadline

15 Aug 2024 - 12:00 (Europe/Paris)

Type of Contract

To be defined

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

38

Offer Starting Date

1 Oct 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

H2020 / SME Innovation Associate

Reference Number

101135904

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Interested in a European project bridging laser physics, fiber optics, and nonlinear optics? Want to make a fundamental and societal impact with your research? Consider applying for a 3-year PhD position at the FEMTO-ST research institute. Join a highly skilled and dedicated team of scientists and play a key role in developing new fiber designs for innovative applications in ultrafast laser technologies and supercontinuum sources. In this position, you'll conduct advanced scientific research in photonics, focusing on photonic crystal fibers for nonlinear optics. Your responsibilities will include designing and developing state-of-the-art ultra-stable supercontinuum sources. The primary objective is to design the next generation of polarization-maintaining all-normal dispersion optical fibers for ultra-stable supercontinuum generation in the visible to near-infrared range from 0.6 µm to 1.4 µm. The ultimate goal is to develop supercontinuum-seeded optical parametric sources through optical parametric amplification (OPA) from 0.7 µm to 2 µm and direct difference frequency generation (DFG) from 3 µm to 10 µm, driven by novel high-repetition-rate ultrafast Ytterbium lasers. This platform will offer high versatility in emission wavelength, pulse duration, and power/energy control. This thesis will be carried out in the Optics Department of the FEMTO-ST institute (UBFC) as part of the European Project VISUAL, in collaboration with Amplitude Systems and Fastlite companies, the University of Lille, and INPHYNI in Nice. For further details, please refer to the project website https://horizon-visual.eu/ and this review paper: T. Sylvestre et al., J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 38, 90-103 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.439330 Videos about the optics department, the UBFC, and Besancon city: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQorMWb6D_o&t=78s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRuYIIEvbwU

Requirements

Research Field

Physics » Optics

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

You are an excellent and highly motivated candidate with an MSc or an Engineer degree in physics, optics, lasers, or equivalent qualification. You have basic training, knowledge, and prior hands-on covering in experimental optics, lasers, and fiber optics. You like theoretical physics and numerical modeling using Matlab or Python. You are open-minded and curious in working with both computer scientists and physicists. You can take initiative and work both in autonomy and in the group. Good communication skills and fluency in written and spoken English are required. A basic level of French would be ideal to ensure effective communication.

Specific Requirements

You are an excellent and highly motivated candidate with an MSc or an Engineer degree in physics, optics, lasers, or equivalent qualification. You have basic training, knowledge, and prior hands-on covering in experimental optics, lasers, and fiber optics. You like theoretical physics and numerical modeling using Matlab or Python. You are open-minded and curious in working with both computer scientists and physicists. You can take initiative and work both in autonomy and in the group. Good communication skills and fluency in written and spoken English are required. A basic level of French would be ideal to ensure effective communication.

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Excellent

Research Field

Physics » Optics

Years of Research Experience

None

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Additional Information
Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

FEMTO-ST Institute/ Universié de Franche-Comté

Country

France

City

Besançon

Postal Code

25030

Street

avenue des montboucons

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

City

Besancon

Website

http://www.femto-st.fr/en/

Street

15B avenue des montboucons

Postal Code

25030

E-Mail

[email protected]

STATUS: EXPIRED