2 Post-doctoral Research positions in project "SophoX" at the Institute of Electronic Structure and LASER (IESL) | Foundation of Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH)

The Institute of Electronic Structure and LASER (IESL) of the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), in the frame of the project «Manipulation of Phonons by Mesoscopic Engineering of Soft Matter - SophoX» which is an “ΑΡΙΣΤΕΙΑ” Action, is seeking for two (2) Post-doctoral Researchers.

Periodic materials can control not only the propagation of light (photonics) but also modify the propagation of elastic waves (phononics) through the variation of density and elastic constants in space. Phononics define a rich emerging field with unexplored fundamental and applied research through the understanding of the phonon-matter and phonon-photon interactions. In particular, hypersonic (GHz-frequencies) phononics utilize the wealth of soft matter (polymer & colloid science) for the fabrication of mesoscopic structures which represent unique platforms for realization of strong acousto-optic coupling in the visible (phoXonics). The necessary integrated approach for the study of such structures is being realized in our group utilizing our state-of-art spontaneous Brillouin Light Scattering (BLS) to directly acquire the phononic dispersion relation through the thermally activated acoustic phonons.

Application Deadline: March 10, 2014.