The SuperNanoCharac project of the NanoSciences Fondation (Grenoble, France) seeks outstanding candidates for a postdoctoral position in the field of SQUID microscopy. The successful candidate will produce sub-micron sized SQUIDs lithographically, test them, and use them in existing SQUID microscopes operating at dilution refrigerator temperatures, as a member of a project to study the physical properties of high quality superconducting films and their integration into superconducting nano-devices.

This project coordinates scientists from 3 different Grenoble laboratories around the 3 year 3 months/year visit of John Kirtley: Bruno Gilles, from SIMAP Grenoble INP, a specialist in epitaxial growth of metals by MBE; Claude Chapelier, Scientist of the CEA INAC, specialist in low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy; Olivier Buisson, CNRS Institut Néel, specialist in superconducting quantum circuits; and Klaus Hasselbach, CNRS Institut Néel, specialist on scanning SQUID microscopy.

Interested candidates should have obtained a Ph.D in experimental physics outside of France within the last 3- 4 years, and have experience in either nano-fabrication or low-temperature measurements.

Skills:

The candidate will have excellent technical support in cryogenics and electronics, and will have access to micro- and nanofabrication facilities, including various sputtering deposition systems, plasma reactive ion-etcher, photo- and electron-beam-lithography, a wide range of methods for surface analysis: SEM, STM, and AFM microscopy, as well as state of the art SQUID microscopy systems. The project will have two postdocs and approximately 5 students.

The postdoc will interact strongly with all members of the project.

Salary: The net salary for this position is determined by the Nanosciences foundation and is worth 2300€.