A scholarship is offered within the area of Nanoelectronics, Nanophotonics and Nanomagnetism at Department of Electronics and Telecommunications (IET) (http://www.iet.ntnu.no/en) in Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering (IME), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

The PhD position is offered in one of the two following projects:

Project 1: Here the candidate will be involved in the development of GaAs based nanowires grown by metal-catalyzed molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). Optical properties of individual nanowires will be studied by low temperature micro-photoluminescence, time-resolved luminescence and magnetoluminescence. For these studies a new advanced nano-optical laboratory, including a low temperature (2 K) scanning confocal optical microscope, is available. Part of the project will also be devoted to processing and characterization of device structures, such as nanowire lasers and solar cells.

For more information please contact: Professor Helge Weman, , + 47 73 59 44 09

Project 2: Here the candidate will be involved in the development of nanostructured, photonic crystal waveguide (PCW) devices based on thin films of lanthanum-doped Pb(Zr,Ti)O3, which is an optically transparent ferroelectric with strong linear electro-optic coupling (Pockels effect). The films will be grown epitaxially by magnetron sputter deposition onto buffered silicon substrates, and the optical waveguides will be processed using standard UV lithography and focussed ion beam (FIB) etching in the university’s new nanofabrication laboratory (NTNU NanoLab). The optical properties of the PCWs, incl. transmission and electro-optic modulation, will be investigated with different techniques available in our own laboratories as well as in those of international collaborators.

For more information please contact: Professor Jostein Grepstad, , + 47 73 59 27 21

For further information see link below.

Applications are to be sent to the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway, or by e-mail to: Application should be marked Jnr. IME-044-2008. Closing date: 15th of November 2008.