About the project
We are looking for an enthusiastic PhD candidate to join our research team for a project focused on developing photonic integrated circuits for UV-green wavelengths.
These devices are crucial to create innovative solutions for applications such as quantum technologies, underwater communications, and biomedical sensing.
You will work on designing, fabricating and characterising devices that efficiently operate in the UV-green part of the spectrum.
The project will involve:
- material exploration and optimization: investigating materials suitable for blue-green wavelengths and optimizing their properties to achieve low optical losses.
- design and simulation: using computational tools to design photonic circuits such as waveguides, demultiplexers, ring resonators, and interconnects.
- fabrication: developing and refining fabrication techniques in state-of-the-art cleanroom facilities.
- characterization and testing: measuring the performance of fabricated devices and analysing data to improve designs.
- system integration: combining individual components into cohesive photonic circuit.
Throughout the project, you will gain expertise in semiconductor processing, photonic design, and experimental techniques.
Training will be provided in our advanced cleanroom facilities, and you will have access to high-performance computing resources for simulations.
You will join a cutting-edge research group in the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton, and work in the state-of-the-art cleanroom facilities and photonic device characterisation laboratories at the ORC.
You will also have the opportunity to collaborate with international and national researchers with a strong track record in the field and contribute groundbreaking advancements in photonics.
