PhD Opportunities in Experimental Physics in Ireland

The Ultracold Strontium Group at the University of Amsterdam’s Institute of Physics is recruiting a PhD researcher to help build and operate a zero-deadtime optical clock . The project focuses on overcoming the pulsed operation of current optical clocks by enabling continuous interrogation of ultracold strontium atoms, with the goal of reaching ultimate precision in minutes rather than hours. You will work on a highly experimental project that combines laser systems, optics, electronics, debuggi...

This PhD project investigates deep tissue imaging with nonlinear microscopy and adaptive optics at the Institute of Biomedical Physics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria. The doctoral researcher will work with an adaptive-optics nonlinear microscope built around a high-power pulsed laser system. The research will focus on novel methods for correcting optical aberrations and light scattering in thick tissue, with the goal of extending imaging depth beyond the current state of the art. Appl...

The project is based at the Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory (HLD) at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf , an internationally active user facility working in close cooperation with the partner institutes of the European Magnetic Field Laboratory (EMFL) . The doctoral researcher will join a vibrant, international environment focused on high-field materials research and cutting-edge studies in the fields of energy, health, and matter. This PhD project, “Probing Exotic Quantum Excitations v...

The Research School of Advanced Photon Science (RS-APS) is the doctoral research school of the Helmholtz Institute Jena at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. It is set within the physics campus of the university and connected to the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, bringing together university expertise and access to large-scale research facilities. The programme is designed to train doctoral researchers at the forefront of modern photon science. Students join a research environment...

The Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism (LQM) at EPFL offers a PhD project in experimental quantum magnetism focused on microwave spectroscopy of rare-earth quantum magnets. The project explores how electronic and nuclear degrees of freedom become entangled, how electro-nuclear states evolve under external magnetic fields, and how their occupancy can be manipulated by external perturbations. Research will be carried out in a laboratory environment that combines synthesis of novel materials with in-...

The Technical University of Darmstadt is recruiting a research assistant / PhD student for the Laser-Driven Fusion Physics research group at the Institute for Applied Physics. The position is part of the BMFTR-funded TAFIS (Towards Advanced Fusion Ignition Schemes) fusion talent project and focuses on advanced diagnostics for laser-driven inertial confinement fusion. The project aims to develop methods for producing laser-driven, focused ion beams for the fast-ignition approach to nuclear fusion...

The International Max Planck Research School for Science and Technology of Nano-Systems (IMPRS-STNS) is a doctoral programme based at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle (Saale), in collaboration with Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems, Halle. The programme brings together research on novel atomically engineered materials for nanosystems, with a strong focus on themes linked to information tec...

The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) – Quantum Dynamics and Control (QDC) is a doctoral programme based at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden, Germany, with partner institutions in Dresden, Prague, and Wroclaw. The school focuses on the study of dynamical manipulation of quantum systems. It brings together research themes in quantum dynamics and control, theoretical and computational chemistry, and theoretical and experimental condensed matter ...

This PhD project investigates whether Earth’s gravity can support autonomous navigation when Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are unavailable. The research will develop gravity-map matching methods for underwater and space vehicles, using local gravity variations as an independent reference for estimating position. You will develop and characterise gravimeters based on diamagnetic levitation, building on demonstrations of Earth-tide gravimetry and the OpToSpace payload. A central chall...