Post-doctoral position available in the group of Prof. Livio Gianfrani, Molecules and Precision Measurements – MPM Laboratory
Department of Mathematics and Physics in Caserta near Naples (Italy)
Tabletop-scale experiments on atomic/molecular systems, based upon precision measurement techniques, are being performed in the Molecules and Precision Measurements (MPM) Laboratory, using state-of-the-art lasers and photonics tools.
Current molecules of interest are: H2 (and its isotopologues), CO2, H2O, C2H2, N2O each of them addressing a specific scientific issue. In any case, the MPM Laboratory pursues high precision and high accuracy by using comb-calibrated cavity-enhanced laser spectroscopy techniques.
Several projects are possible, including:
i. Experimental test of QED corrections in chemically-bound systems (like H2, D2, HD), by means of precision measurements of line center frequencies in the near-infrared (with sub-kHz accuracy).
ii. Frequency-stabilized cavity ring-down spectroscopy for line intensity measurements (with a relative accuracy better than 0.1 %).
iii. Frequency metrology and precision spectroscopy in the deep-ultraviolet.
The selected candidate will join a young and highly motivated research team in on-going activities. The ideal candidate should have a PhD or doctoral degree in experimental physics, with a good attitude towards the laboratory work. He/she should be capable of working independently, even being part of an international research team. He/she should be fluent in spoken and written English.
Examples of recent publications from the MPM group:
1) Antonio Castrillo, Eugenio Fasci, Hemanth Dinesan, Stefania Gravina, Luigi Moretti, and Livio Gianfrani, “Optical determination of thermodynamic temperatures from a C2H2 line-doublet in the near infrared”, Phys. Rev. Applied 11, 064060 (2019).
2) Eugenio Fasci, Antonio Castrillo, Hemanth Dinesan, Stefania Gravina, Luigi Moretti, and Livio Gianfrani, “Precision spectroscopy of HD at 1.38 μm”, Phys. Rev. A 98, 022516 (2018)
3) E. Fasci, H. Dinesan, L. Moretti, A. Merlone, A. Castrillo, and L. Gianfrani, “Dual-laser Frequency-Stabilized Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy for water vapor density measurements”, Metrologia 55, 662-669 (2018).
4) T. A. Odintsova, E. Fasci, L. Moretti, E. J. Zak, O. L. Polyansky, J. Tennyson, L. Gianfrani, and A. Castrillo, “Highly accurate intensity factors of pure CO2 lines near 2 μm”, J. Chem. Phys. 146, 244309 1-9 (2017).
5) H. Dinesan, E. Fasci, A. D’Addio, A. Castrillo, and L. Gianfrani, “Characterization of the frequency stability of an optical frequency standard at 1.39 μm based upon noise-immune cavity-enhanced optical heterodyne molecular spectroscopy”, Opt. Express 23, 1757-1766 (2015).
Application:
Interested candidates, prior to the official on-line application, should send their CV to the contact person below, also providing the name of one referee who can write about their academic achievements, their motivations and skills.
Contact:
Further information can be obtained from
Prof. Antonio Castrillo or Prof. Livio Gianfrani, Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Caserta, Italy
Phone: 0039 0823 274632;
e-mail:
[email protected];
[email protected] Webpage:
http://www.matfis.unicampania.it/dipartimento/docenti?MATRICOLA=057187
