PhD in Picophotonics: Sub-nanometre Light–Matter Interactions, Metrology and Super-Resolution Imaging University of Southampton in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in time crystals , timetronics , nanophotonics, and next-generation data processing. The project explores the physics of time crystals and the idea of a timetron : a nanomechanical element switched by light between rest and sustained oscillation to encode logical states for data processing. Research themes include experimental photonics, computational electromagnetic modelling, nanofabrication, machine learning and AI, and electron/optical microsc...

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in Metasurfaces for Machine Vision and Compact Photonics , hosted in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and linked to the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) and Nanophotonics research group. This project focuses on bilayer metasurfaces , metalenses , compact photonics, and advanced optical elements for machine vision. The research aims to overcome limitations of single-layer metasurface designs, including field-of-view vs. numeric...

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in hyperuniform disordered metasurfaces for solar-thermal energy conversion . This project sits in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and will be based at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) . The research focuses on solar-thermal energy conversion , metasurfaces , photonic materials , optical physics , electromagnetic simulation , artificial intelligence , and machine learning . The aim is to develop and model hyperuniform dis...

Umeå University is advertising a PhD position in Experimental Physics with focus on photonics and materials science (applied aspects) at the Department of Physics . The project is part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network SPARK and centers on spatiotemporal information processing . The doctoral project will develop ultrafast optical logic and memory concepts using spatiotemporal metamaterials . The research combines nanophotonics , metamaterials , quantum emitters , ultrafast optics , ...

PhD opportunity at Aston University in AI-Enhanced 3D Atomic-Scale Imaging of Nano-catalytic Materials for Clean Energy Conversion , delivered through the Net2Zero Centre for Doctoral Training (EPSRC/BBSRC). The project is based at the University of Warwick and focuses on materials science , physics , chemistry , electrocatalysis , electron microscopy , AI/ML , and clean energy conversion . The research aims to develop new low-dose 3D atomic-scale imaging methods for functional energy materials ...