PhD Student in X-ray Optics
FSDO019/2023
The Advanced Multilayer X-ray Optics Group is developing novel X-ray optics to be used with intense, coherent X-ray sources such as state-of-the-art synchrotrons and X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs). Such sources have opened up new opportunities for breaking barriers in focusing, dispersing, and otherwise controlling X-ray pulses in space and time, which enables exciting new applications in imaging, spectroscopy, and nonlinear optics.
About your role:
A PhD position is available to work on novel X-ray interferometer to be used in high resolution spectroscopy and materials characterization
- Develop and test a novel X-ray interferometer
- Deploy it for use at the synchrotron and/or XFEL beamlines
- Develop new interferometric methodologies using lab sources, synchrotrons and FELs
- Develop and apply techniques to characterize and improve X-ray lenses
- Master in physics or a related field
- Strong interest in X-ray optics, instrumentation and metrology
- Good experimental and programming skills
- Good verbal and written English communication skills