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The Department of Physics and Astronomy is one of Uppsala University's largest with almost 400 employees, of which about 125 are doctoral students. The department conducts world-class research and education in both theoretical and experimental physics and has extensive collaboration with the outside world. The FREIA Laboratory, a Division of the Department, is developing and testing new particle accelerator and detector instrumentation with new projects continuously added to the current activities. The research and development work is closely linked to major research infrastructure projects like ESS and MAX IV in Lund or the European XFEL in Hamburg. The laboratory has around 30 employees, including researchers, engineers and technicians.

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The Department of Physics and Astronomy is strengthening its research focus on ultrafast x-ray science with large-scale x-ray free electron laser (XFEL) facilities such as the European XFEL and laboratory-based femtosecond laser sources. Within this effort FREIA is building a new femtosecond laser laboratory for performing cutting-edge experiments in the field of material science. Techniques such as time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (tr-ARPES) will be used to get new insight into properties of non-equilibrium systems and deeper understanding transient physical phenomena including light-induced superconductivity, ultrafast charge transfer and low-dimensional material characterization. We are currently implementing experiments using the mid-infra-red (MIR) to extreme ultraviolet (XUV) region of the electromagnetic spectrum, complementary to that accessible at XFEL facilities.

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Duties
The successful candidate will be responsible of setting up and operating an experiment for performing tr-ARPES studies on solid state samples such as high-Tc superconductors, quantum materials, 2D and magnetic materials. She/he will integrate an existing ARTOF spectrometer into the setup and join in to the ongoing commissioning of a new femtosecond laser system as the photoemission light source. The candidate will perform experiments in collaboration with Uppsala University research groups. The work duties can also include teaching and other departmental duties (no more than 20%).

Requirements
The candidate must have a PhD in physics and a demonstrated track record of setting up and successfully operating tr-ARPES or other experimental endstations at femtosecond laser or x-ray free electron laser sources.

Additional qualifications
Experience with ultrahigh vacuum systems and cryogenic infrastructure is considered an advantage.

About the employment
The employment is a temporary position, 12 months. Scope of employment 100 %. Starting date 2022-12-01 or as agreed. Placement: Uppsala

For further information about the position, please contact: Hermann Durr; +46 (0)70 425 0176; hermann.durr@physics.uu.se

Please submit your application by 10 September 2022, UFV-PA 2022/3403.

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