Photonics is widely regarded as the key enabling technology of the 21st century and its application and use in many scientific and industrial fields is accelerated though Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs), which combine many optical components into a miniaturized chip format. Similar to electronic ICs, PICs are revolutionizing areas such as healthcare, communication, and sensing and have the potential to be disruptive to the whole society.
The Eindhoven region and its PhotonDelta ecosystem offer ample opportunities for developing a R&D career in photonics, within large companies such as ASML and Philips or fast-growing spin-offs. At the TU-Eindhoven, we have one of the world’s best equipped cleanroom laboratories for research on photonic integrated circuits. We have demonstrated advanced photonic IC’s, integrating lasers, optical amplifiers, modulators, and detectors with a variety of passive components in a single chip with dimensions of a few millimeters. The main application areas, so far, are in telecommunications and data communications, sensors and health.
The new project envisages development of low-energy, actively tunable modulators and switches based on phase-change materials. A willingness to work both on the theoretical aspects of tunable photonic elements and their practical implementation is expected. More practically, this means the design of novel low-energy switches and modulators based on phase-change materials, as well as their integration on the IMOS (Indium phosphide Membrane on Silicon) platform. The work will require simulations (optical, electrical, thermal), device layout and process flow design, as well as fabrication in the cleanroom. The device fabrication will be done in the Nanolab@TUe.
For this project, we have one open postdoctoral position. The successful candidate will join the phase-change material team in the Photonic Integration (PhI) Group.
We are looking for a candidate with a PhD preferably in Electrical Engineering or Physics. The candidate should have a strong background in photonic integrated circuits and semiconductor devices. Good knowledge of semiconductor physics, photonics, and optical component design are expected. Furthermore, experience with cleanroom fabrication, device characterization, as well as modeling are highly desirable. Previous experience with phase-change materials would be a plus but is not required.
We are searching for candidates with excellent team-work capabilities. Successful candidates should have very good writing and documentation skills, excellent analytical skills, and communication ability. They should be proactive and able to organize their own work independently to pursue the project-oriented goals, while maintaining a high degree of collaboration with the team.
We are strongly committed to collectively creating an inclusive and welcoming group culture. We recognize that different perspectives and knowledge processing modes, which are both influenced by identification with particular groups (such as socioeconomic status, gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, culture), allow us to effectively solve new and complex problems.
More information
Do you recognize yourself in this profile and would you like to know more? For more information about the project please contact dr. Ann-Katrin Michel (a.k.u.michel[at]tue.nl), who will join PhI in 05/2021 as Assistant Professor, or prof. Kevin Williams (k.a.williams[at]tue.nl) .
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