Postdoctoral Appointee - Quantum Photonics, Onsite

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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. The postdoc will join a team of researchers and postdocs who have been working in this area for over a decade, and who have been performing highly impactful research.

In addition, the postdoc will join and interact with the extensive nanophotonics community at CINT and Sandia at large.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• 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 phenomenon 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. Through its core facility in Albuquerque and gateway facility in Los Alamos, CINT provides users from academia, industry, and government labs open access to the tools and expertise needed to explore the continuum from scientific discovery to the integration of nanostructures into the micro‑ and macro world.

CINT is an equal partnership between Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

This posting will be open for application…