PhD position in Mechanical Alignment Strategies for Photonic Integrated Circuits

at  Universiteit Twente

KEY TAKEAWAYS

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  Hours
  38 - 40 hr.
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  Salary indication
  Salary gross/monthly
  based on full-time
  € 2,770 - € 3,539
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  Deadline
  30 Nov 2024
  A PhD position is available at the chair of Precision Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering Technology of the University of Twente.
  We are seeking a highly motivated PhD student to join our team in developing mechanical alignment structures for photonic integrated circuits. Your work will contribute towards efficient chip-to-chip coupling, chip-to-wafer coupling and experimental testing strategies.
  You will become part of a team working on the development of various technologies for the alignment and coupling of integrated photonics. In particular, this PhD position is about efficient passive alignment of photonics chips. Your tasks in the project will range from the design of micro-mechanical kinematic couplings, on-chip mechanical features and flexure mechanisms for load application, to the characterization, tuning and experiment measurements of demonstrators. Your responsibilities involve opto-mechanical design of proof-of-principle demonstrators, simulations using advanced finite element and multibody software, and measurements in state-of-the-art laboratories.
  This project leverages our expertise in the development of high-accuracy opto-mechatronics and flexure mechanism design. You will work with a consortium of industrial partners and other PhD students in the framework of the National Growth Fund NXTGEN HIGHTECH program. People involved in the project include scientific staff from both the Faculty of Engineering Technology and the Faculty of Science & Technology.

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