PhD in Photonic Fluids & Frequency Comb Dynamics

Immigration Policy Lab; Zürich; On-site; CHF 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

ETH Zürich invites applications for a Doctoral Student in Photonic Fluids and Frequency Combs in Zurich. The project explores frequency comb physics and liquid-light in fast-gain semiconductor lasers, combining device fabrication, precision optical experiments, and theory.

You will design and fabricate semiconductor photonic devices, build laser measurement setups, perform precision measurements, and develop nonlinear dynamics models.

Qualifications

• Strong background in physics and/or electrical engineering, photonics, or a closely related field.
• Interest in combining fabrication, experimental work, and theory/simulations.

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

Electrical engineering

Photonics

Tools

Cleanroom fabrication

Optical experiments

Numerical modelling

Job description

ETH Zürich invites applications for a Doctoral Student in Photonic Fluids and Frequency Combs in Zurich. The project explores frequency comb physics and liquid-light in fast-gain semiconductor lasers, combining device fabrication, precision optical experiments, and theory.

You will design and fabricate semiconductor photonic devices, build laser measurement setups, perform precision measurements, and develop nonlinear dynamics models.