PhD - student: Generating short-wavelength radiation from plasma

ARCNL
📍 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands 💼 Full time 🕒 Posted June 09, 2026

Job Description

PhD - student: Generating short-wavelength radiation from plasma

Work Activities

This fully funded PhD position lies at the interface between fundamental physics and industrial application. It is part of activities in ARCNL’s Source Department. The research activities of the Source Department and its EUV Plasma Processes group aim at the atomic- and molecular-level understanding of the fundamental dynamics in the operation of contemporary and future plasma-based sources of extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) light for nanolithography.


In our group’s research we, for example, uncovered the quantum origins of the generated EUV light [Torretti, Nature Comms. Nature Commun. 11, (2020)], found a universal law for expanding plasma [Sheil, Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, (2024)], and found that less than half the initial droplet volume is present on t...

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Job Details

  • Location Amsterdam, North Holland
  • Job Type Full time
  • Category Life Scientists
  • Posted Date June 09, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 19, 2026