Postdoc in Experimental Optical Materials Discovery - DTU Physics

DTU Physics seeks a talented and motivated postdoctoral researcher for a 2-year position in experimental nanophotonics and optical materials discovery. The goal is to identify, characterize and utilize emerging optical materials with high refractive index and low losses, that can enable more efficient light trapping in nanostructured thin-film solar cells.

Your role will focus on the experimental determination of the optical properties of promising materials identified in collaboration with researchers across the project. A central activity will be to develop and apply imaging ellipsometry for measuring the complex and potentially anisotropic refractive indices of microscopic crystals and thin films.

The investigated materials may span several material classes, including van der Waals materials, depending on the candidates emerging from computational screening and experimental synthesis. You will combine ellipsometry with optical spectroscopy of materials and resonant nanostructures to establish reliable connections between microscopic material properties and nanophotonic response.

The resulting measurements will contribute to a comprehensive optical materials dataset that supports photonic design and AI-guided materials discovery within the project1 …