Researcher (M/F) in novel laser sources for infrared applications

id="offer-description" class="ecl-u-type-heading-2 ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l">Offer Description This post-doc position at the CIMAP laboratory, Caen, France is part of the CAESAR Program, a booster program for the research at the University of Caen Normandie. This post-doctoral position focuses on research into the development of innovative mid-infrared (MIR) laser sources, which is an ambitious topic in current photonics. Such sources have many potential applications, such as remote sensing of greenhouse gases ( CO2 ,methane. ) or quantum applications. Other important applications can be found in medicine, since many important biomolecules, such as proteins, lipids, and amides, contain strong characteristic vibrational transitions in the MIR. However, these applications remain challenging because they require compact, robust, and affordable laser sources with high efficiency and output power, as well as good output beam quality. This post-doc position will focus particularly on the development of solid state laser sources emitting at 2.26 µm, a precise wavelength with applications in quantum information. To achieve this particular wavelength, the post-doc candidate will investigate various low-phonon-energy infrared materials doped with active rare earth ions, such as glasses, crystals. This post-doctoral position will involve studies in the fields of optical spectroscopy of rare earth ions in solid-state dielectric media, and laser development. This work will be carried out