About the project
Our vision is to develop a new generation of photonic devices on-chip for applications that underpin our societal telecommunications, computing and sensing. To achieve this vision, we are looking for an exceptional candidate to join our team to develop these technologies and investigate their commercial potential by working closely with our industrial partners Graphenea and Grolltex.
Your PhD project will exploit the unique physical properties of atomically thin (2D) materials like graphene to push the performance boundaries of on-chip photonic systems. You will build upon demonstrated unconventional and novel techniques to develop a growth method enabling these materials to be integrated at a wafer scale.
You will also take part in the integration of these materials into photonic devices, test their device performance and assess them against simulated results. You will also collaborate with leading research groups in photonics and 2D materials from Imperial College, University of Cambridge and UCL.
The research will be based in the Zepler Institute, the largest centre for photonics research in the UK, encompassing one of the largest University cleanrooms in Europe.
You will be a member of the Integrated Photonics group and work within a team of highly enthusiastic researchers with a strong track record in developing on-chip silicon photonic devices and novel optoelectronic materials, many of which have reached maturity and are currently commercialised by our various industrial partners.
