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• Post-Doc // Ultrafast field-resolved infrared spectroscopy for biosensing (m/f/d)

  In a joint effort, the Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich and the Max-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics and the Center for Molecular Fingerprinting Research (CMF), combine cutting-edge femtosecond laser technologies [1-3] with novel molecular fingerprinting techniques [4-6] to advance a new type of mid-infrared spectroscopy on the electric-field level. The novel systems are developed and utilized by a highly interdisciplinary team of physicists, data scientists, biologists and clinical personal to identify, via minuscule variations in the infrared response of human blood samples, medical conditions such as cancer.

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  The successful candidate will join the field-resolved infrared spectroscopy team at the attoworld in Garching, Germany (www.attoworld.de/fris), to develop next-generation instruments based on bright, coherent, broadband mid-infrared sources and field-resolved detection. The goal for this position is to optimize the sensitivity, with which the electric-field response of a biological can be detected and separated from the excitation pulse. The duration of the position is initially 2 years, with the possibility of extension.

  Qualifications and Skills:

  1. Excellent PhD in physics or a related discipline.;
  2. Experience with ultrafast lasers and nonlinear optics;
  3. Ideally, experience with infrared and/or nonlinear spectroscopies;
  4. Strong self-motivation and the ability to solve problems independently;
  5. Interest in interdisciplinary work with interface to biomedical applications;
  6. Good command of the English language.

  We offer:

  1. Become part of the attoworld - a team of outstanding experts in ultrafast laser development, attosecond physics, ultrasensitive metrology and advanced multilayer coatings;
  2. Access to the latest technologies, state-of-the-art laboratories and equipment;
  3. Excellent research and working conditions;
  4. Supportive, highly motivated, and multi-disciplinary team;
  5. Pleasant working atmosphere with many learning opportunities;
  6. Open-minded, inspiring, dynamic and international atmosphere;
  7. Personal and professional training opportunities.

  References:

  [1] N. Nagl et al., Opt. Lett. 44, 2390 (2019).
  [2] P. Steinleitner, N. Nagl, M. Kowalczyk et al., Nat. Photon., 16, 512 (2022).
  [3] M. Kowalczyk, N. Nagl, P. Steinleitner et al., Optica, doi 10.1364/OPTICA.481673
  [4] I. Pupeza et al., Nature Photon. 9, 721 (2015).
  [5] I. Pupeza et al., Nature 577, 52 (2020).
  [6] A. Weigel et al., Opt. Expr. 29, 20747 (2021).

  Please send a brief cover letter explaining your interest in the position, your CV and the contact information of two references to Dr. Alexander Weigel.

  Contact:

  Dr. Alexander Weigel
  Email: alexander.weigel@mpq.mpg.de

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