Postdoctoral Appointee - Quantum Photonics, Onsite

What Your Job Will Be Like

The Nanostructure Physics Department at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) is seeking an outstanding Postdoctoral Appointee to work with a Department of Energy‑funded team to develop the next generation of quantum optical metasurfaces at the intersection of quantum optics and nanophotonics.

• Support research in nonlinear metasurfaces including harmonic generation, parametric down‑conversion and other quantum‑optical phenomena.
• Design, simulate, fabricate, and/or characterize semiconductor based metasurfaces using electromagnetic simulation tools.
• Study new physics phenomena and evaluate new concepts.
• Report research results in top‑tier journals and professional conferences.
• Generate new intellectual property through patent filing.

• PhD in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Optical Science, or other related STEM field conferred within five (5) years prior to employment
• Experience in: performing original research, demonstrated through a record of invention, original publications in top‑tier journals, and conference papers and presentations
• Photonic design using FDTD or FEM based techniques
• Experimental characterization including guided wave and free space optics
• Nonlinear and quantum optics
• Experienced with nanofabrication such as electron beam lithography, RIE/ICP and wet etching, metallization, scanning electron micrography, etc.

• Experience in single‑photon measurements
• Familiarity with cryostats for low temperature measurements
• Knowledge of quantum optics as it relates to quantum information science, and measurements
• Experience with femtosecond lasers, amplifiers, and s
• Expertise in fabrication, characterization, and usage of various III‑V and II‑VI semiconductors (e.g. silicon, GaAs/Al Ga As /InP/InAs, etc.)
• Design and test of photonics devices (such as wave guides, gratings, modulators, lasers, amplifiers, optical detectors)

Our department supports the Center for Integrated Nanotechnology (CINT). CINT is a Department of Energy/Office of Science Nanoscale Science Research Center operating as a national user facility devoted to establishing the scientific principles that govern the design, performance, and integration of nanoscale materials.

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

This position does not currently require a Department of Energy (DOE) security clearance.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.