Femtosecond coincidence imaging
June 2002
PhD Position:
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A 4-year PhD position, funded by the Dutch Foundation for Chemical Research
('Chemische Wetenschappen', part of the Netherlands Organization
of Scientific Research NWO) is available in the group of
dr. Maurice H.M. Janssen at the Laser Centre Vrije Universiteit
in Amsterdam (http://www.nat.vu.nl/~laser).
The position is available immediately. NWO-CW and the Vrije Universiteit
in Amsterdam offer a competitive salary, moving and other allowances.
In the femtolab of the physical chemistry group a PhD position is avalaible
for research employing advanced photoelectron-photoion coincidence
imaging techniques [1] to study time-resolved photon-induced dynamics.
Currently, a 1 kHz regen femtosecond laser system with 2 home-built
Noncollinear-Optical-Parametric-Amplifier are operational. A dedicated
high-reprate pulsed molecular beam machine with velocity map ion- and
electron-imaging is used to study time-resolved photon induced dynamics [2].
The new PhD student will be involved in setting up a new apparatus
enabling time-resolved coincidence imaging experiments. There are ample
opportunities for foreign research visits both in Europe and the US [3] as
part of the PhD project.
The LCVU is a very internationally oriented research environment with
many foreign PhD students, Postdocs and visitors. The LCVU is recognized
by the European Union as a Large Scale Research Facility and a
Marie Curie Training Institute (see website). Within the LCVU there are
various other labs in physics and chemistry employing state-of-the-art
femtosecond laser systems to study ultrafast processes in biophysics/chemistry
and for developing phase-locked Terawatt laser pulses.
References:
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[1] J.A. Davies, J.E. Leclaire, R.E. Continetti, and C.C. Hayden,
J. Chem. Phys. 111, 1 (1999).
[2] W.G. Roeterdink and M.H.M. Janssen, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 4, 601 (2002).
[3] A.M. Rijs, C.C. Hayden and M.H.M. Janssen, in Femtochemistry and Femtobiology:
Ultrafast Dynamics in Molecular Science, eds. A. Douhal and J. Santamaria,
World Scientific Co. Pte. Ltd. (Singapore), 91 (2002).
Contact and applications:
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dr. Maurice H.M. Janssen
email: [log in to unmask]
phone: +31(0)20-4447632
fax: +31(0)20-4447643
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Maurice H.M. Janssen
Laser Centre and Chemistry Department
Vrije Universiteit
De Boelelaan 1083
1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
phone: +31(0)20-44 47632
fax : +31(0)20-44 47643
email: [log in to unmask]
http : www.chem.vu.nl/~laser
visit: room O1.36, Sciences Building, entrance 1083
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