PhD Fellow - Photonic Fluids & Frequency Comb Dynamics

1000scholars; Zürich; On-site; CHF 52,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

ETH Zürich invites applications for a Doctoral Student in Photonic Fluids and Frequency Combs to join a Zurich-based project. The student will work across fabrication, experimental setups, precision measurements, and modelling to study liquid light and nonlinear dynamics in fast-gain semiconductor lasers.

The project combines semiconductor device fabrication, advanced optics experiments, and theory to build a versatile experimental platform for probing and controlling liquid-light dynamics

Qualifications

• Strong background in physics and/or electrical engineering, photonics, or a closely related field.
• Interest in combining fabrication, experimental work, and theory/simulations.
• Advantage to previous experience with cleanroom fabrication, optical experiments, lasers, or numerical modelling.

Responsibilities

• Designing and fabricating semiconductor photonic devices using cleanroom processes, followed by their electrical and optical characterization.
• Building and operating advanced laser and optical measurement setups to study temporal dynamics, fluctuations, coherence, and controlled light-matter interactions.
• Developing theoretical and numerical models to describe nonlinear laser dynamics, interpret experiments, and guide the design of new devices and measurements.

Skills

Physics background

Electrical engineering background

Photonics

Experimentation

Numerical modelling

Fabrication experience

Job description

ETH Zürich invites applications for a Doctoral Student in Photonic Fluids and Frequency Combs to join a Zurich-based project. The student will work across fabrication, experimental setups, precision measurements, and modelling to study liquid light and nonlinear dynamics in fast-gain semiconductor lasers.

The project combines semiconductor device fabrication, advanced optics experiments, and theory to build a versatile experimental platform for probing and controlling liquid-light dynamics