Doctoral Researcher, MSCA (Photonics, FunctiGlass) / Väitöskirjatutkija, MSCA (Fotoniikka, FunctiG

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Over the past four decades, glass, glass-ceramics and composites have contributed to the most advanced socio-economic breakthroughs as high-tech materials. To compete with emerging economies such as China and India, the European glass sector must strive for product leadership by investing more in research and innovation to develop new materials and train specialists for a competitive but promising market. Contributing to this challenge is the main objective of the ‘Structured functional glasses for lasing, sensing and health applications’ (FunctiGlass) project, dedicated to advanced high-tech materials for three sectors: light sources, sensors and biological applications. FunctiGlass is a unique interdisciplinary research and training programme with a double degree as part of Horizon Europe’s Doctoral Networks (Marie-Skłodowska Curie Actions, project 101169415).  Doctoral Researcher position is in Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences | Tampere universities in the Photonic Glasses group.

Job Description  

In this PhD topic, it is planned to develop new germanate glass-ceramic planar waveguides. Er3+ doped glasses will be developed with the main goal to understand the relation between the glass composition and the spectroscopic properties in order to engineer glasses with strong 2.7µm emission. A thermal treatment will be used to develop glass-ceramic. Glasses will be prepared using melting process and the most promising glasses will be deposited into films using RF magnetron sputtering. Glasses will be also prepared using sol-gel technique and films will be deposited using spin-coating. Layers of an approximate thickness around 700nm with strong NIR emission are targeted. The final goal is to fabricate waveguide using laser irradiation and lithography processes.   

The main objectives of the PhD are to:  

• Advance the sol-gel process to prepare germanate glass with target composition  
• Investigate the nucleation and growth mechanism of glasses with different compositions in order to prepare transparent glass-ceramics with enhanced spectroscopic properties  
• Advance fundamental understanding of film deposition using different techniques (spin coating, sputtering) on glass composition and nucleation and growth mechanism.   
• Fabricate the active glass-ceramics based planar waveguide using lithography and laser writing and characterize their spectroscopic properties

Practical information  

• Contract will start in October 2025, for 4 years
• Recruiting institution: Tampere University (Finland)  
• PhD enrollment: Doctoral Programme in Engineering Sciences, Tampere University  and Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences  
• Industrial mentor: AOI (France)  
• Host laboratory: Photonics Laboratory, Tampere University (Finland)  
• Supervisor: Prof. Laeticia Petit  
• Co-host laboratory: Włodzimierz Trzebiatowski Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research  
• Co-supervisor: Prof. Anna Łukowiak 
• Secondments: 1) University of Pardubice (Czech Republic, 3 months) to deposit film using sputtering. 2) Nice Institute of Physics (France, 3 months) to write waveguide using laser irradiation.  

Requirements  

We are looking for a talented, creative and highly motivated researcher. Recruited researcher can be of any nationality. Doctoral Candidate must be eligible to be enrolled into Doctoral Program at Tampere University and have not been awarded a doctoral degree.   

MSCA Mobility Rule: at the time of recruitment by the host organization the researcher must not have resided or carried out his/her main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of his/her employer (Tampere University, Finland) for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to his/her recruitment. Compulsory national service and/or short stays such as holidays and time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention are not considered.  

The applicant must be in possession of Master of Science (MSc) diploma at the beginning of the employment.  

English language requirements: Proficiency in written/spoken English is mandatory. In certain cases, we may ask for a language certificate.  

We offer     

Place of employment is at Tampere University. Planned mobility and duration of the position is 48 months. The contract is full-time. A trial period of six (6) months applies to all our new employees.  The salary will be set in accordance with MSCA rates. Target degree is PhD degree from Tampere University, Finland.    

The MSCA salary is composed of three parts: Living allowance 4063€, Mobility allowance 600,00€ and Family allowance 660,00€ (if applicable as defined by the MSCA rules) The salary is paid in one instalment and is subject to national tax rules. At Tampere University, the employer will deduct app. 27% from the gross salary for different taxes, insurance fees and pension contributions.  

Consequently, the gross monthly salary in the employment contract is at least 3450€ or 3950€ with family allowance. The MSCA researcher pays Finnish progressive income tax, employee pension contribution 7.15% (2025) and employee unemployment insurance contribution 0.59% (2025) from the taxable gross monthly salary.  

The new Tampere University and higher education community began their operations on 1 January 2019. Tampere University of Technology, the University of Tampere and Tampere University of Applied Sciences are building a unique environment for multidisciplinary, inspirational and high-impact research and education, and a hub of expertise in technology, health and society. We offer a wide range of staff benefits, such as occupational health care, flexible working hours, excellent sports facilities on campus and several restaurants and cafés on campus with staff discounts. Please read more about working at Tampere University here.   

Finland is among the most stable, free and safe countries in the world, based on prominent ratings by various agencies. It is also ranked as one of the top countries as far as social progress is concerned. Tampere is counted among the major academic hubs in the Nordic countries and offers a dynamic living environment. Tampere’s region is one of the most rapidly growing urban areas in Finland and home to a vibrant knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial community. The city is an industrial powerhouse that enjoys a rich cultural scene and a reputation as a centre of Finland’s information society.    

For more information on Tampere and Finland, please visit:   

•  https://visittampere.fi/en/   
•  https://www.visitfinland.com/en/  
•  https://www.infofinland.fi/en/landingpage  

How to apply  

Please note that the applicant must fill in PhD Application Form of FunctiGlass and send it by email to recruit@functiglass.eu.  

All application instructions can be found at this link: FunctiGlass .

The closing date for applications is 15th of April 2025.

For more information, please contact:   

Prof. Laeticia Petit, laeticia.petit@tuni.fi  

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Haemme määräaikaista väitöskirjatutkijaa FunctiGlass:n motitieteiseen tutkimus- ja koulutusohjelmaan, joka on osa Horizon Europen tohtoriverkostoja (Marie-Skodowska Curie Actions). Väitöskirjatutkijan tehtävä sijoittuu Tampereen Yliopistossa tekniikan ja luonnontieteiden tiedekuntaan ja fysiikan yksikköön, fotoniikan tutkimusalueelle. 

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