Postdoctoral Research Associate in 3D Metamaterials, Metasurfaces and Nonlinear Photonics King's College London in United Kingdom

University of Southampton postgraduate research project: Ultra-low-loss SiN platform for quantum, nonlinear and precision photonics . This is a PhD opportunity in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, focused on silicon nitride photonics , quantum photonics , nonlinear optics , precision sensing , and integrated photonics . The project aims to understand and reduce optical loss by linking material properties, waveguide geometry, fabrication conditions, and device design to propagatio...

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) / Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences. The project, “More data, less energy: multicore fibre amplifiers and components for future submarine networks,” focuses on optical communications , multicore fibres , fibre amplifiers , and energy-efficient submarine networks . You will combine modelling with hands-on experiments to design, build, and test next-generation multicore amplifiers and optical c...

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in high coherent broadband light sources based on soft-glass optical fibers . The project is hosted in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and supervised by Dr Tonglei Cheng and Dr Lin Xu . Research will focus on nonlinear optics , optical fibers , supercontinuum generation , and the design of high-power, broadband, highly coherent all-fibre light sources . The work combines numerical simulation with nonlinear optical experiments to s...

PhD opportunity at the University of Sheffield in topological quantum photonics and 2D materials . The project explores how topologically protected light states can be created through strong light-matter interaction with chip-integrated monolayer semiconductors (van der Waals semiconductors). The goal is to develop efficient and robust quantum optical processing and compact quantum photonic devices. The student will work across the research groups of Prof. Dmitriy Krizhanovskii and Prof. Alexand...

Postgraduate research project at the University of Southampton : Next-generation gas sensing with hollow-core optical fibres . This is a PhD opportunity in physics , photonics , optical fibres , and gas sensing , with strong links to electrical engineering , materials science , chemistry , and environmental science . The project explores how gas composition, pressure, and temperature affect light propagation in hollow-core fibres, including optical loss, phase, dispersion, molecular absorption, ...