5 PhD / PostDoc positions – Photonic integrated circuit technology

Five positions are opened for research into the technology for monolithic and heterogeneous photonic integrated circuits. The technology includes indium phosphide components for the highest performance polarization, phase and gain control elements in a comprehensive manufacturing platform. We consider applicants for either PhD research or post-doctoral research.

State of the art, indium phosphide photonic integration production techniques will be developed in combination with wafer- and coupon-scale heterogeneous integration technology. A specific focus will be placed on step-change performance advances for the integrated building blocks - the native lasers, amplifiers, quantum confined stark effect modulators and detectors. Performance targets will address tunability, bandwidth, order of magnitude size-reductions and energy-efficiency improvements, with the view to realise a Moore's Law for photonic integration.