PhD in Dynamic Metasurfaces for Spacetime-Engineered Light

Are you fascinated by the idea of steering light through time as well as space Develop metasurfaces for synthetic crystal rotation and nonreciprocal light-matter interactions with secondments at UPNA Spain and UltraFast Innovations GmbH Germany.

We are looking for a highly motivated PhD candidate with a background in photonics optics or applied physics to contribute to SPARK Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral network. The candidate will develop metasurfaces supporting synthetic crystal rotation through ultrafast spatiotemporal modulation. The project involves theoretical modelling and simulation of anisotropic metasurfaces with epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) like behaviour realization of dynamically modulated metasurface structures and experimental evaluation of their ultrafast optical response with the aim of demonstrating synthetic spacetime rotation generating spatiotemporal light fields and uncovering nonreciprocal lightmatter interactions.

The PhD candidate will work within the Photonic Integration group at the Department of Electrical Engineering Eindhoven University of Technology co-supervised by Prof. I. Liberal at the University of Navarra (UPNA) Spain The candidate will be part of a multidisciplinary international team within the SPARK MSCA Doctoral network working alongside PhD students and researchers on related nonreciprocal and spatiotemporal photonics technologies with close collaboration across theory fabrication and experimental characterization.

The research and secondment activities will be supported by a 6-month stay at the University of Navarra (UPNA) Spain focused on theoretical modelling and a 3-month stay at UFI for ultrafast optical characterization giving the candidate direct access to complementary expertise and facilities across the consortium.

• Masters degree in Electrical Engineering Optics Applied Physics Materials Engineering or a related field.
• A research-oriented attitude.
• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team and interested in collaborating with industrial partners.
• Motivated to develop your teaching skills and coach students.
• Fluent in spoken and written English (C1 level).

A meaningful job in a dynamic and ambitious university in an interdisciplinary setting and within an international network. You will work on a beautiful green campus within walking distance of the central train station.

In addition we offer you:

• Full-time employment for four years with an intermediate assessment after nine months. You will spend a minimum of 10% of your four-year employment on teaching tasks with a maximum of 15% per year of your employment.
• Salary and benefits (such as a pension scheme paid pregnancy and maternity leave partially paid parental leave) in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities scale P (min. 3204 - max. 4051 gross base salary per month (full-time)).
• In addition to your base salary you will receive an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% year-end bonus both calculated based on your annual gross base salary.
• Generous leave options: a standard 29 days (based on a 38 hour working week) per year that you can increase to 41 days by working two hours more per week (flexible working hours). This is prorated if you work part-time.
• As a TU/e employee you participate in the ABP pension scheme providing retirement pension and pension benefits for surviving dependents and occupational disability. TU/e pays 70% of the pension premium while employees contribute the remaining 30%.
• High-quality training programs and other support to grow into a self-aware autonomous scientific researcher. At TU/e we challenge you to take charge of your own learning process.
• An excellent technical infrastructure and on-campus childrens day care.
• Unlimited access to the modern oncampus TU/e Student Sports Center at an exceptionally affordable rate.
• We support your wellbeing with free 24/7 access to OpenUp providing you and your family with mental health support expert guidance and online training.
• An allowance for commuting working from home and internet costs.
• A Staff Immigration Team and a tax compensation scheme (the Expat Scheme) for international candidates.

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#EUfunded This is an EU funded project named SPARK MSCA DN with project number RT205698 within program HE / MSCA.

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