PhD position: Optical metasurfaces controlling quantum electron wavepackets AMOLF in Netherlands

AMOLF invites applications for a four-year PhD position in optical metasurfaces controlling quantum electron wavepackets , based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with a planned start date of 1 December 2026. The project investigates fundamental interactions between high-energy electrons and extreme optical fields in a scanning electron microscope. Using photon-induced near-field electron microscopy (PINEM), the research will explore how electrons exchange energy with intense, strongly confined lig...

AMOLF in Amsterdam is offering a postdoctoral position in the Photonic Materials group of Prof. Albert Polman on probling electron-photon correlations using cathodoluminescence (CL) spectroscopy . The project sits at the intersection of nanoscale light-matter interaction, electron microscopy, quantum optics, and advanced instrumentation. The research is part of the NXTGEN Hightech programme of the Dutch National Growth Fund and involves close collaboration with TU Delft, DELMIC, Amsterdam Scient...

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) invites applications for a postdoctoral position in ultrafast spectroscopy on two-dimensional materials for quantum photonics in Delft, Netherlands. The project aims to develop defect-based single-photon emitters in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs). The postdoctoral researcher will investigate the formation, motion, and decay of photogenerated charge carriers and excitons, including their transport to engineered defect sites such ...

This PhD project at AMOLF and the University of Amsterdam explores how to discover and optimize chiral perovskite emitters in carefully designed nanophotonic environments . The work combines automated experimentation, optical characterization, and theory to investigate how material composition, processing conditions, and photonic structure together determine properties such as chirality, emission wavelength, brightness, and stability. You will use an AI-assisted materials optimization robot bein...

Laboratoire Kastler Brossel is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for its NanoOptics group in Paris. The laboratory is associated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Sorbonne Université, ENS-PSL, and Collège de France. The project focuses on fiber-integrated quantum light sources and the coupling of solid-state quantum emitters to optical nanofibers. The researcher will work on experimental quantum optics with opportunities to investigate strong light-matter interactions, singl...