Postdoctoral Research Associate in Ultra-compact - Liverpool, United Kingdom - University of Liverpool

University of Liverpool

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

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A postdoctoral research associate position is available in our QUASAR Group, focusing on the design and optimization of enhanced structures for ultra-compact dielectric laser accelerators and novel carbon nanotube (CNT)-based structures.

Recent advances in fabrication technology enable the production of very compact, layered structures with controllable inter-layer gap, giving ultra-violet (UV) lasers access to solid-state plasmas which could be used as medium for electron acceleration.

In previous studies, the QUASAR Group has already shown numerically that electron bunches can be accelerated along a stack of ionized graphene layers, and they have also optimized dielectric laser accelerators for a range of operating conditions, in close collaboration with partners around the world.

It is expected that you will use particle-In-cell (PIC) simulations to study new mechanisms and underpinning physics processes to optimize acceleration and beam transport in such structures, informing experimental studies.

Existing codes will be used to continue design and optimization studies into highest gradient, ultra-compact ¿accelerators on-a-chip¿.

Work will also include the planning of experimental studies demonstrating the acceleration process for different structures, as well as more specific studies into emittance preservation and the integration of beam generation, diagnostics and control micro-structures into the overall micro-accelerator.

The post will be based at the Cockcroft Institute on Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus.

The QUASAR Group covers the development and experimental exploitation of particle accelerators and light sources with a focus on beam physics studies, multi-physics modelling, as well as R&D into advance beam diagnostic techniques.

The group has successfully completed a range of studies into dielectric laser accelerators and CNT-based structures with relevant papers included on the Group website.

This post offers excellent opportunities for collaboration with other staff and students at the Cockcroft Institute, as well as with a wide range of existing research partners in the UK and around the world.

You will have a PhD in a relevant discipline.

This post is available from 1 October 2023 until 30 June 2025.

Any applicants who are still awaiting their PhD to be awarded should be aware that if successful, they will be appointed at grade 6, spine point 30.

Upon written confirmation that they have been successful in being awarded their PhD, they will be moved onto grade 7, spine point 31 from the date of their award.