Tenure-Track Photonics IC Researcher: Energy-Efficient Chips

DTU Nanolab; Kongens Lyngby; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

DTU Electro invites applications for a Tenure Track Researcher in Photonic Integrated Circuits for Optical Communications. You will develop energy-efficient chip-based communication systems, including microcomb light sources, optical modulators and switches, and passive components, while exploring new materials and processes in DTU Nanolab.

You will teach and supervise students, publish in journals, and contribute to international collaborations, with a focus on advancing on-chip photonics for a

Qualifications

• PhD in physics, optics, material science or a related field.
• In-depth knowledge of solid-state physics and its consequences for on-chip optical devices.
• Experience with cleanroom processes such as lithography, thin film deposition and etching (wet, dry).
• Extensive cleanroom experience including lithography (electron beam, UV), dry etching (ion beam, RIE), thin film deposition (PECVD, LPCVD, sputtering, evaporation).
• Experience with the characterization of chip-based optical components and with optical simulation tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and fabricate novel, energy-efficient optical components at DTU Nanolab.
• Characterize optical chip-based components.
• Contribute to projects through design, simulation, fabrication, lab characterization and performance evaluation.
• Publish in scientific journals and present at international conferences.
• Attract external funding and build academic and industrial collaborations.
• Teach and supervise BSc, MSc and PhD students in cleanroom fabrication, optical simulation and characterization.

Skills

Optical simulation

Cleanroom techniques

Research leadership

Teaching and supervision

Education

PhD in physics/optics/material science

Tools

Ansys Lumerical

CST

Comsol

HFSS

Job description

DTU Electro invites applications for a Tenure Track Researcher in Photonic Integrated Circuits for Optical Communications. You will develop energy-efficient chip-based communication systems, including microcomb light sources, optical modulators and switches, and passive components, while exploring new materials and processes in DTU Nanolab.

You will teach and supervise students, publish in journals, and contribute to international collaborations, with a focus on advancing on-chip photonics for a