PhD scholarship in Silicon Carbide Optoelectronics – DTU Electro

If you are in the process of establishing your career as a scientist and are seeking the optimal foundation to realize your dreams and ambitions, your search ends here. At DTU Electro, you will pioneer advancements at the forefront of silicon carbide optoelectronics. We are actively seeking a highly self-motivated PhD candidate to make significant contributions to our ongoing research endeavors. This PhD position will be situated within the wide bandgap semiconductor photonics group, under the leadership of Associate Professor Haiyan Ou.

Silicon carbide (SiC) is swiftly emerging as a pivotal material platform for optoelectronics, owing to its exceptional optical and electrical properties—ranging from wide bandgap to coined high power density. As pioneers in this burgeoning field, we eagerly anticipate collaborating with you to further advance this captivating domain.

Responsibilities and qualifications
You will take part in the newly granted EIC path-finder challenge project ‘High-efficiency high-power laser beaming in-space systems based on SiC (RePowerSiC)’, whose goal is to achieve a novel ultra-efficient SiC-laser power converter for in-space energy transmission in the range of kW/cm2 with efficiencies higher than 80%.

Your main responsibilities:

• Design and fabricate antireflection structures for SiC 
• Fabricate SiC laser power converter including ohmic contact formation on both N- and P-doped SiC
• Optimize the fabrication process to achieve highly efficient SiC laser power converters.
• Build the experimental setup to characterize the SiC laser power converters
• Be a good team player

It would be a plus if you have experience within one or several of the following topics:

• Nano/micro fabrication 
• Experimental or theoretical photonics
• Experimental or theoretical electronics
• Semiconductor physics, or solid-state physics

You must have a two-year master's degree (120 ECTS points) or a similar degree with an academic level equivalent to a two-year master's degree.

Approval and Enrolment 
The scholarship for the PhD degree is subject to academic approval, and the candidate will be enrolled in one of the general degree programmes at DTU. For information about our enrolment requirements and the general planning of the PhD study programme, please see DTU's rules for the PhD education . 

Assessment
The assessment of the applicants will be made by Associate Professor Haiyan Ou together with supervisor team.

We offer
DTU is a leading technical university globally recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and scientific advice. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility.

Salary and appointment terms 
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union. 

The period of employment is 3 years. Starting date is 1 January 2025 (or according to mutual agreement). The position is a full-time position.

You can read more about career paths at DTU here http://www.dtu.dk/english/about/job-and-career/working-at-dtu/career-paths.

Further information 
Further information may be obtained from Associate Professor Haiyan Ou, [email protected] , tel.: +45 4525 6380.

You can read more about DTU Electro at www.electro.dtu.dk, more about WISE Photonics group at WISE Photonics .

Take a virtual tour in DTU Nanolab cleanroom facility here . 

If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark . Furthermore, you have the option of joining our monthly free seminar “PhD relocation to Denmark and startup “Zoom” seminar ” for all questions regarding the practical matters of moving to Denmark and working as a PhD at DTU. 

Application procedure 
Your complete online application must be submitted no later than 12 August 2024 (23:59 Danish time) . Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply now", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file . The file must include:

• A letter motivating the application (cover letter)
• Curriculum vitae 
• Grade transcripts and BSc/MSc diploma (in English) including official description of grading scale
• Two recommendation contacts

You may apply prior to ob­tai­ning your master's degree but cannot begin before having received it. 

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, disability, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

DTU Electro has more than 300 employees with competencies in electrical and photonics engineering. Research is performed within nanophotonics, lasers, quantum photonics, optical sensors, LEDs, photovoltaics, ultra-high speed optical transmission systems, bio-photonics, acoustics, power electronics, robotics, and autonomous systems.

Technology for people
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear mission to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That mission lives on today. DTU has 13,500 students and 6,000 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.