Student Projects
The Photonics Lab offers projects for highly motivated students in the areas described below. Do not hesitate to write us or pass by the lab/office to get more information on the topics currently available.
Measuring the impact of single atoms
The objective of this project is to develop an atomic beam by ultrasonic expansion and to align it with a levitated nanoparticle in ultrahigh vacuum.
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Published since: 2024-05-07 , Earliest start: 2023-09-01
Applications limited to EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , ETH Zurich
Organization Photonics Laboratory
Hosts Schirmer Barbara
Topics Engineering and Technology , Physics
Electrical excitation of a Van der Waals magnet
The goal of this semester project is to electrically excite excitons in atomically thin CrSBr and measure both the electrical and optical response at temperatures down to 4 K.
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Published since: 2024-05-06 , Earliest start: 2024-01-08
Applications limited to ETH Zurich
Organization Photonics Laboratory
Hosts Schirmer Barbara
Topics Engineering and Technology , Physics
Excited electron lifetime in silicon nanoparticles
The goal of this semester thesis is to acquire a statistic of the carrier lifetime of different sized SiNP, which are then compared to the bulk carrier lifetime of silica.
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Published since: 2024-05-06 , Earliest start: 2024-01-08
Applications limited to ETH Zurich
Organization Photonics Laboratory
Hosts Schirmer Barbara
Topics Engineering and Technology , Physics
Fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices with 2D materials
In this semester project you will learn many state-of-the-art nano-fabrication techniques, such as mechanical exfoliation, van der Waals heterostructure assembly, glovebox, AFM, optical lithography, etc.
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Semester Project
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Published since: 2024-04-30 , Earliest start: 2023-12-01
Applications limited to ETH Zurich , EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Organization Photonics Laboratory
Hosts Schirmer Barbara
Topics Engineering and Technology , Physics
Optical and tunneling spectroscopy of 2D material heterostructures
The aim of this project is to fabricate electrically controllable 2D-material devices in novel combinations that have not still been comprehensively investigated and conduct optical and electrical spectroscopic studies.
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Semester Project , Master Thesis
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Published since: 2024-04-30 , Earliest start: 2023-12-04
Applications limited to EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , ETH Zurich
Organization Photonics Laboratory
Hosts Schirmer Barbara
Topics Engineering and Technology , Physics