Phd Student Position in Optical Spectroscopy of

vor 23 Stunden

Basel, Schweiz Universität Basel Vollzeit

**PhD student position in Optical Spectroscopy of Tunable van der Waals Quantum Materials**

**starting February 2025 (or as agreed)**

**Your position**

**Your profile**

Key requirements:

- Master's degree (held or near completion) in Physics, Nanoscience, Electrical/Optical Engineering, or related fields
- Deep understanding and strong educational track record in condensed matter physics and optics
- Familiarity with data analysis procedures and computer tools for automated data acquisition/processing (Python/C++/Labview programming languages)
- Team player with excellent communication skills and collaborative working style
- Strong self-motivation and commitment to performing research in a competitive field, high degree of independence, and creative approach for solving problems
- Excellent presentation skills
- Very good level of English (both written and spoken)
- (magneto-)optical spectroscopy at cryogenic conditions
- exfoliation and stacking of two-dimensional materials
- design and handling charge-tunable semiconductor structures
- exfoliation and stacking of two-dimensional materials and fabrication of vdW heterostructures
- clean-room processing (reactive ion etching, optical/electron beam lithography, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, metal evaporation, wire bonding)
- performing computer-based simulations and modelling in COMSOL
- physics of strongly correlated many-body systems

**We offer you**
- PhD position at the Department of Physics at the University of Basel in Switzerland
- Challenging research projects at the intersection of condensed matter physics, optics, and material science
- Unique chance to participate in setting up a new magneto-optical laboratory as well as an access to state-of-the-art apparatus for ultra-low temperature magneto-optical spectroscopy and clean-room sample fabrication
- Opportunity to join a dynamic, newly-established research team with collaborative team spirit and high level of interaction among all members,which creates an ideal setting for future development of your research career
- Stimulating academic environment at the University of Basel with internationally recognized research groups in both experimental and theoretical condensed matter physics
- Opportunity to work in the city center of Basel - an international city located at the intersection of Switzerland, France and Germany

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