🎓 We’re hiring a PhD Student!

🗂 Join a cutting-edge interdisciplinary project at the intersection of photonics, biophotonics, and advanced materials.

📚 We’re seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to join our team in Erlangen, Germany, at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the Max-Planck Institute for the Science of Light, to develop next-generation hollow-core fibres for multiphoton endoscopy. This project is in collaboration with the Institut Fresnel (Marseille, France), the University of Ottawa (Canada) and the Lightcore (Industry partner focusing on fiber-based imaging, Lille & Marseille, France)

📝 Project Highlights:
- Design and fabricate novel hollow-core microstructured optical fibres with tailored nonlinear and polarization properties.
- Investigate ultrafast nonlinear pulse propagation in twisted photonic crystal fibres.
- Develop polarization-resolved multiphoton endoscopy techniques for deep-tissue imaging.
- Apply these advanced fibres to study actin filament orientation in living cells using 2-photon microscopy.

🔎 We’re looking for a candidate with:
A Master’s degree in Physics, Optical Engineering, or a related field.
Strong background in optics, photonics, or fiber optics.
Experience with numerical modeling (e.g., FDTD, COMSOL, or similar) is a plus.
Enthusiasm for hands-on lab work, interdisciplinary collaboration, and scientific innovation.

✨ Based in Erlangen, you’ll work in world-class facilities with access to state-of-the-art fiber fabrication, ultrafast laser systems.

📩 Apply now at https://lnkd.in/d2dscfCr

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