Programable holography to probe exotic exciton states
MATERIAL AND SURFACE SCIENCE
Lab: LPCNO
Duration: NanoX master Internship (8 months part-time in-lab immersion)
5 months full-time internship
6 months full-time internship
Latest starting date: 04/03/2024
Localisation: INSA - LPCNO Bâtiment 27
LPCNO - UMR 5215
Institut National des Sciences Appliquées
135 avenue de Rangueil
31077 TOULOUSE CEDEX 4 – FRANCE
Supervisors:
Thomas BOULIER, Jr. Prof. boulier@insa-toulouse.fr
Work package:
This internship will focus on the optical aspects of a setup that allows to program arbitrary shapes for a laser using holography techniques [1]. The core apparatus is a Spatial Light Modulator (SLM), around which precision optics need to be setup. The goal is to obtain extremely focused (down the diffraction limit), arbitrary modes of coherent light. This setup will then be placed in a cryostat containing Copper Oxide samples cooled to 1 K, where the shaped light will be used to explore exotic states of excitons [2].
References:
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerchberg%E2%80%93Saxton_algorithm
[2] Konzelmann, A. M., Krüger, S. O., & Giessen, H. (2019). Interaction of orbital angular momentum light with Rydberg excitons: Modifying dipole selection rules. Physical Review B, 100(11), 115308.
Areas of expertise:
Precision optics, holography, twisted light, semiconductor optics, quantum physics, exciton physics, Rydberg physics.
Required skills for the internship:
Scientific skills:
- Good understanding in (coherent) optics, semiconductor physics.
- Notions of atomic physics.
- Python programming.
Personal skills:
- At ease with team work, collaborative projects.
- Self-motivated, autonomous, adaptable.
- Fluent in at least English or French.