⚡️ PhD Opportunity: Integrated Photonic-Spintronic Devices — EPFL

📍 Location: Lausanne, Switzerland 🇨🇭

🏛 Department: Hybrid Photonics Laboratory (Swiss-French collaboration with IEMN Lille)

📅 Duration: 1 year (renewable), start date October 1, 2026

🔬 About the Project
This PhD project explores hybrid photonic-spintronic chips on silicon nitride to generate high-quality electronic signals at frequencies beyond 100 GHz — pushing into the terahertz range (100 GHz to 10 THz). Leveraging an integrated photonic platform with ultra-low loss and high optical nonlinearity, you'll help develop compact, efficient sources of pulsed and continuous-wave terahertz radiation. The work spans experimental setup design (optics, high-frequency electronics, custom mechanics) and theoretical development of millimeterwave/terahertz generation inside photonic chips — shaping a new frontier in photonics-based millimeterwave-optical technology.

🧑‍🔬 Ideal Candidate
- Physics background with strong interest in high-frequency electronics, integrated photonics, and nonlinear optics
- Interest in metrology and/or electro-optic transduction
- Familiarity with (or willingness to learn) Python, Matlab, LabVIEW, Inventor, Illustrator, CST Microwave Studio, and COMSOL
- Hands-on, problem-solving mindset with enthusiasm for building experiments from scratch
- Collaborative spirit and readiness to take a leading junior role in international teams

✨ Why Apply
- Pioneer new directions in quantum photonics within a young, dynamic lab
- Access to world-class infrastructure: EPFL cleanroom, Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, Quantum Science Center
- Competitive salary with conference cost coverage
- Collaborative Swiss-French research project with IEMN Lille
- Note: candidates must separately apply to an EPFL Doctoral Program (STI) to formally qualify for the PhD

🏙 Location Highlight
Lausanne combines a world-leading scientific ecosystem at EPFL with a stunning lakeside setting on Lake Geneva.

🔗 More Info
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