PhD: Cavity Nano-Optomechanics with Nanowires

CNRS; France; On-site; EUR 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

CNRS Institut Néel in Grenoble, part of the NOF team within the PLUM department, offers a PhD project on cavity nano-optomechanics. You will design and exploit novel strongly coupled devices where quantum light fluctuations dominate mechanical oscillators, using InP, GaP, and SiC microcavities and force sensors.

The project aims to advance light–matter interactions and map optical and mechanical properties at the nanoscale, addressing resonator optimization and RF/electrostatic control to

Qualifications

• PhD project in cavity nano-optomechanics.
• Experience with high-finesse optical microcavities is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate high-finesse microcavities and ultrasensitive force sensors.
• Explore new regimes in cavity nano-optomechanics and quantum optomechanics.
• Probe light–matter interactions in semiconductor resonators under electrostatic and RF fields.

Skills

Experimental physics

Nano-optics

Nano-mechanics

Interfacing experiments

Quantum physics

Job description

CNRS Institut Néel in Grenoble, part of the NOF team within the PLUM department, offers a PhD project on cavity nano-optomechanics. You will design and exploit novel strongly coupled devices where quantum light fluctuations dominate mechanical oscillators, using InP, GaP, and SiC microcavities and force sensors.

The project aims to advance light–matter interactions and map optical and mechanical properties at the nanoscale, addressing resonator optimization and RF/electrostatic control to