- Department / Institute
- Department of Physics / Chair in Hybrid Nanosystems
- Subject area
- Experimental physics / Nanophotonics
- Number of open positions
- 1
- Project title
- Spectrally selective metasurfaces for molecular spectroscopy
- Language requirements
- Applicants should be fluent in English.
- Academic requirements
- Applicants should have strong knowledge in experimental physics with a focus on optical and nano-engineering. Experience in chemical/biomedical engineering and spectroscopy is a plus.
- Contact
- Prof. Stefan Maier
Email: Stefan.Maier@physik.uni-muenchen.de
Dr. Andreas Tittl
Email: Andreas.Tittl@physik.uni-muenchen.de
Project description
Nanophotonics has revolutionized optics by controlling light propagation on length scales far below the optical diffraction limit, enabling breakthrough applications in energy harvesting, beam shaping, and few-molecule biodetection. However, current approaches still face limitations due to the intrinsic losses with of commonly used metals. In this project, we will investigate and develop a new class of spectrally- selective metasurfaces with ultrasharp resonances composed of all-dielectric materials [1] and apply them for advanced biospectroscopy and resonant coupling experiments. This combination of molecular spectroscopy and nanophotonic engineering, aided by machine learning [2] for design and analysis, will provide fundamental insights into the behavior of complex biochemical and cellular systems, with a broad impact from physics to medicine.
[1] Molecular barcoding with pixelated dielectric metasurfaces, Science 360, 1105 (2018).
[2] Metasurface-Based Molecular Biosensing Aided by Artificial Intelligence,
Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 58, 14810 (2019).