Stillingstittel: PhD Research Fellowships in Semiconductor Physics

Stillingsbeskrivelse:
The University of Oslo is Norway’s largest institution of research and education with 28 000 students and 7000 employees. Its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally esteemed research communities make UiO an important contributor to society.PhD Research Fellowships in Semiconductor Physics - two positions

Two positions as PhD Research fellow in Semiconductor Physics are available at The Department of Physics.

If the successful candidate has a good knowledge of one Scandinavian language (Norwegian, Swedish, Danish), the fellowship will be for a period of 4 years, with 25 % compulsory work (teaching responsibilities at the Department of Physics). Otherwise, the fellowship will be for a period of 3 years, with no compulsory work. Starting date no later than 01.10.2016.

No one can be appointed for more than one fixed-term period at the same institution.

Job/ project description:

The Department of Physics/Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology has been awarded a Toppforsk project entitled 'Functionalizing Defects in Advanced Semiconductors' (FUNDAMeNT), funded jointly by the Research Council of Norway and UiO for a period of 5 years. Toppforsk funding is a new, targeted initiative for providing substantial, long-term funding to research groups that have the potential to become international leaders in their field. The aim of FUNDAMeNT is to accelerate processes towards groundbreaking functionalities with a holistic approach to defects in advanced semiconductors and nanostructures. It links defect behavior with electrical, optical and magnetic functionalities and it targets size dependence of defect properties on nanostructure shape and size. Experiment and theory are closely integrated as one entity, and the project contains three workpackages (WPs); (i) Single-photon source, (ii) Doping asymmetry and defects in oxide semiconductors, and (iii) Dependence of defect properties on nanocrystal size.

The two PhD positions will primarily be devoted to WP1 and WP2, respectively.

In WP1, a major task is to realize, characterize and model point defects acting as efficient single-photon sources for spintronic devices. Silicon carbide (SiC) will be the starting semiconductor material, but also other semiconductors with a low spin-orbit coupling are of interest, like zinc oxide (ZnO).

In WP2, the focus is on understanding and functionalizing of intrinsic defects in different oxide semiconductors (ZnO, In2O3, Ga2O3, Cu2O, TiO2 and NiO) and then utilize the outcome to convert a 'native' n–type oxide to a p-type and vice versa. Here, non-equilibrium processing techniques and co-doping are expected to be important with an ultimate goal to accomplish light emission with efficiency in excess of that of the expensive group III-V materials.

FUNDAMeNT benefits from excellent infrastructures for both experiment and theory at UiO, where especially UiO's laboratory for micro- and nanotechnology (UiO-MiNaLab) can be highlighted. UiO-MiNaLab encompasses a 440 m2 sized cleanroom for materials and device processing and 8 laboratories for chemical/electrical/optical/structural spectroscopy analysis in the immediate vicinity of the cleanroom. Some of the equipment is unique, and the total value of equipment investments exceeds 100 MNOK.

FUNDAMeNT is conducted in collaboration with a wide network of international partners in USA, Australia, Sweden, Germany, Finland and Switzerland. Visits to and from these partners are an integral part of FUNDAMeNT.

Information about the research at The Department of Physics is found on

http://www.mn.uio.no/fysikk/english/research/groups/

Requirements/qualifications:

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences has a strategic ambition of being a leading research fa

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: Universitetet i Oslo, The University of

Arbeidsgiver adresse: 0313 OSLO

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Oslo

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

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