🎓 OPEN POSITION: Doctoral Researcher (Nanophotonics and Meta-Optics) Tampere University

🏫 Joining Tampere University means becoming part of one of Europe's most dynamic photonics ecosystems. At the heart of this environment is the Photonics Laboratory, which coordinates the national PREIN - Photonics Research and Innovation Flagship and contributes to Finland's FutureChips initiative, accelerating the development of next-generation integrated photonics.

🔬 Researchers benefit from access to a unique infrastructure that spans advanced optical laboratories, together with state-of-the-art nanofabrication facilities including the SiPFAB pilot line established within the broader Chips for Europe Initiative.

📝 Within this vibrant setting, the rapidly expanding MetaPhotonics Group explores how light can be controlled at the nanometre scale – smaller than the wavelength of light itself.

🔎 We are seeking a motivated doctoral researcher to join our team in developing next-generation photonic technologies through metasurfaces, nonlinear nanophotonics, and quantum light–matter interactions. Depending on your interests and background, your doctoral thesis will advance one or more of the following research directions:

- Metasurfaces and meta-optics — ultra-thin optical components replacing conventional lenses and other optical elements and systems.

- Strong-field nanophotonics — generating new colours of light, including extreme-ultraviolet radiation, from nanostructured solids.

- Nanoscale optical isolators — enabling chip-scale photonic logic and traffic control of light.

- Quantum nanophotonics — creating next-generation single-photon sources for quantum communications and harnessing quantum states of light to control chemical and biological processes.

🌐 You can read more about the position here: https://lnkd.in/dpqk4hqd

📆 Application deadline: 16.8.2026

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