PostDoc - Nanophotonics for Solid-State Lighting

FOM Institute AMOLF

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Description

FOM Institute AMOLF performs leading fundamental research on physics of Biomolecular Systems and Nanophotonics; two areas with key potential for technological innovations. The Institute contributes to knowledge transfer to industry and society and trains talented young researchers. AMOLF is located at Science Park Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and engages approximately 140 scientists and 70 support staff.

These challenges will be addressed by studying the light-matter interaction in different types of nanostructures that can be integrated with LEDs, namely, metallic (plasmonic) metasurfaces and materials, photonic crystals, and hybrid metal-dielectric nanowires. By engineering the flow of light in these nanomaterials, and by achieving control over their optical density of states, it will become possible to modify and mold the emission characteristics and to improve the performance of white LEDs.

Seven PhD student or postdoc positions in the area of Nanophotonics are available to work in an Industrial Partnership programme between FOM Institute AMOLF and Philips Research. This programme aims at achieving fundamental knowledge required to develop efficient solid-state white light emitting devices (LEDs). It will focus on three technological challenges: spectral tuning of the emission, control of beam shape and optimization of the optical absorption in light-converting phosphor layers.

Requirements

You meet the requirements for a doctors-degree.

More Information and applications

FOM prefers candidates who have qualifying experience (e.g. as PhD student or postdoctoral researcher) in a scientific research institute abroad. 

You will be employed by the FOM-foundation for a fixed period of two years. 

Your salary will be up to a maximum of 3.804 euro gross per month, depending on your level of experience.The salary is supplemented with a holiday allowance of 8% and an end-of-year bonus of 8,33%. 

The conditions of employment of the FOM-foundation are laid down in the Collective Labour Agreement for Research Centres (Cao-Onderzoekinstellingen).

Contract type: Temporary, two years.

For information contact Prof.dr. Jaime Gómez Rivas, +31 (0)40 274 23 49.

Closing time: 1 December 2013.