Doctoral or Post-Doctoral (f/m/d) Project C4 “Modeling, design and optimization of 3D waveguides”

Area of research:

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

Part-Time Suitability:

The position is suitable for part-time employment.

Starting date:

21.09.2021

Job description:

The Collaborative Research Center “Wave phenomena – analysis and numerics” (CRC 1173) has been funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) since 2015. Its goal is to analytically understand, numerically simulate, and eventually manipulate wave propagation under realistic scenarios by intertwining analysis and numerics.

The Project C4 “Modeling, design and optimization of 3D waveguides” (www.waves.kit.edu/C4 ) aims at developing, implementing, and experimentally verifying techniques for fast and reliable description of light propagation in 3D-printed freeform waveguides. To this end, the project brings together researchers from electrical engineering, physics, and mathematics that jointly work on building the base for numerically efficient theory-guided design of such structures.

We seek a doctoral researcher or a post-doc with strong interest both in experimental and theoretical aspects of wave propagation in complex 3D waveguide structures. Your work will focus on the experimental aspects of the project and comprise concept development, simulation, and design of 3D freeform waveguides and waveguide-based photonic devices, the optimization of such structures using, e.g., artificial-intelligence (AI) approaches, the development, refinement and adaptation of fabrication techniques based on 3D laser lithography, as well as the characterization and functional demonstration of the fabricated devices. You will closely cooperate with peers from physics and mathematics to advance and refine the underlying quantitative models and to use them for exploring novel device concepts. You will have the opportunity to attend conferences, workshops and summer schools. Engagement in teaching is encouraged.

We provide an inspiring, attractive, interdisciplinary, and internationally recognized scientific environment with access to excellent facilities of the KIT, a wide scope of advanced training options within our integrated research training group, and flexible working time models. Our CRC aims at the implementation of equal opportunities, it promotes diversity and supports persons with childcare or eldercare responsibilities as well as persons with disabilities. Funds for travel and guests are available through the CRC.

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.