Max Planck School of Photonics – Master's to PhD Direct Track Programme Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany

The Karlsruhe School of Optics & Photonics (KSOP) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology offers a structured PhD programme focused on optics and photonics , two technologies at the centre of modern optical communications, sensing, biomedical diagnostics, lighting, and solar energy applications. The school is positioned at the interface of the natural sciences and engineering disciplines and brings together research across several closely linked areas. Doctoral researchers in KSOP can work acro...

Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD at Aston University within the Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AiPT) . The project is titled Next-Generation Optical Signal Processing Using Nonlinear Fourier Methods and focuses on optical signal processing , optical communications , photonics , and nonlinear optics . The research addresses how to control the nonlinear Fourier spectrum in hardware, with a particular emphasis on developing and applying Optical Darboux Transformers to add ...

International Max Planck Research School Physics of Light (IMPRS-PL) is an international structured doctoral programme based at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen, Germany, in cooperation with Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin (MPZPM). The programme is designed to train a new generation of scientists in the physics of light within an interdisciplinary research environment. It combines research and ...

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY in Hamburg, Germany is advertising a postdoctoral position in Physics focused on laser science, optics, beam shaping, automation, and accelerator-related instrumentation . The project is part of SP007 - Enabling science for 24-30 keV and aims to support science at the European XFEL by improving accelerator performance and enabling new experiments. The successful candidate will work on the design and commissioning of a next-generation laser beam shaping syste...

Up to 10 fully funded PhD research assistant positions are available in the Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS) at Paderborn University, Germany, as part of the Graduate Program PhoQS FUTURE. The positions are planned for Fall 2027 and are offered at 75%–100% of the regular working hours, depending on the project and research field. The research environment is strongly interdisciplinary and spans experimental and theoretical physics, electrical engineering, computer science, and mathe...