Nanophotonic Enabled Spatiotemporal Control of Light
This project aims to create a versatile platform for manipulating light on a chip using integrated photonics, new materials, and nanofabrication for advanced optical technologies.
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Funder: NRC Research Associateship Programs
Due Dates: February 1, 2025 | May 1, 2025 | August 1, 2025 | November 1, 2025
Funding Amounts: Stipend approximately $82,764 per year plus $3,000 travel allowance; typical appointment duration 2 years.
Summary: Postdoctoral fellowship to develop versatile nanophotonic platforms for spatiotemporal control of light using integrated photonics, new materials, and advanced nanofabrication at NIST.
Key Information: Open to U.S. citizens with a Ph.D. earned within the last 5 years; research conducted on-site at NIST Gaithersburg NanoFab; requires prior contact with Research Adviser.
Description
This fellowship opportunity at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) focuses on advancing nanophotonic technologies to enable spatiotemporal control of light on a chip. The research aims to develop a versatile, manufacturable, and efficient platform for photon manipulation across a broad range of wavelengths, actively controlled through external transduction mechanisms.
The program leverages advances in integrated photonics, nonlinear optics, and meta-photonics, supported by rigorous electromagnetic modeling, novel materials development, and state-of-the-art nanofabrication techniques in heterogeneous material systems. The goal is to realize hybrid integrated nanophotonic devices and systems capable of generating, detecting, and manipulating light for classical and quantum information processing.
Projects involve developing new measurement methods to characterize light-matter interactions at the nanoscale and on ultrafast timescales, utilizing the NIST Gaithersburg NanoFab facilities.
Key Research Areas
- Nanophotonics and metasurfaces
- Ultrafast and nonlinear optics
- Optical metrology and nanofabrication
- Hybrid integrated photonic systems
- Quantum and classical information processing
