Summer Internships: Call 2022

You will

• Be immersed in real world research with experts in their field
• Get hands-on experience with cutting-edge lab equipment and technologies or
• Solve challenging theoretical questions
• Discover a unique combination of science and culture in one of the most livable cities of the world, Vienna.

You will be expected to

• See yourself as part of a team and contribute to the project of your research group
• Use the time to best advance your scientific and technical skills

Research projects

Projects with Markus Arndt

Towards new records in Quantum Interferometry

• High-mass interferometry
  In this project we explore new limits of universal matter-wave interferometry in a world-wide unique setup that shall probe quantum mechanics with high mass clusters at long coherence times. This project is supported by the FWF and the  Gordon & Betty MOORE Foundation.
• Cooling and manipulation of Cluster Beams
  Metal cluster beams shall be prepared as sources for next generation of universal matter-wave experiments. This involves work on high-power IR and DUV lasers as well as cluster physics and mass spectrometry. This project is supported by the FWF and the Gordon & Betty MOORE Foundation.

Tools For Mass Spectrometry

• Superconducting Nanowire Detectors for Applications in Molecule Analysis
  We explore superconducting nanowires as detectors for mass spectrometry and molecular analysis, with a specialization on lowly charged or neutral biomolecules. This project is supported by the EU commission in the project www.supermama-project.eu.
• Manipulation of proteins by laser light
  We study the charge reduction and ionization of complex biomolecules in the presence of photocleavable tags illuminated by high power ultra-fast lasers. This project is supported by the EU commission in the project www.supermama-project.eu.

Optomechanics

• Optical Trapping and Cooling of Dielectric Nanorods
  We prepare new experiments to launch and trap dielectric nanoparticles towards in a controlled way, on demand and in high vacuum to cool then to rotational quantum states.

Optical Microscopy

• Label-free superresolution imaging
  Nanoparticle detection is key to successful matter-wave experiments. Surface imaging is a possible solution in the quest for a high-resolution and highly efficient particle detector.

 Project with Roberto Cerbino

• Probing the rheological properties of soft materials at the microscale
  We embed nano and micro particles of different size and shape in various soft materials, and use a combination of optics and image processing to obtain quantitative information about the material rheology.

Project with Cesare Franchini

• Diagrammatic Monte Carlo applied to the multi-phonon and multi-band 
  polaron problem
  Type of project: Theoretical/Computational - Master 
  
  Project goal: Application of our in-house DiagMC code for solving the large polaron Fröhlich- 
  Hamiltonian using realistic phonon spectra and electronic band structure. Familiarity with quantum Monte Carlo and/or first principles calculation is required.

Project with Cesare Franchini & Christoph Dellago

• Calculation of spin non-collinear magnetic energies
  Type of project: Theoretical/Computational - Master 
  
  Project goal: First principles calculation of spin-non-collinear  magnetic energies using 
  the Vienna Ab-initio Simulation Package aiming to generate a large energy-database for 
  machine-learning analysis and predictions.

Project with Oliver Heckl

• Mid-IR Frequency Comb for Precision Spectroscopy
  Come and join me and my team in building up a high-power mid-IR optical frequency comb for precision spectroscopy. Your will be able to gather experience in nonlinear optics, lasers, amplifiers and servo electronics.
• Single-Cavity Dual-Comb
  We explore the capabilities of singe-cavity dual-combs for precision spectroscopy. You will learn about nonlinear optics, dual-comb spectroscopy and complex laser dynamics.

Project with Thomas Juffman

• Fisher information in interferometric scattering microscopy (iScat)
  The mass of single molecules can be determined using iScat, which quantifies single molecule scattering. The candidate will perform iScat, and compare the results to predictions from information theory to see whether the theoretical limits in mass sensitivity can be reached experimentally.

Project with Jani Kotakoski

• 2D materials at the atomic scale
  2D materials are one of the most interesting material systems due to their atomically thin size leading to unique properties governed by quantum confinement. During this internship, the candidate will have the opportunity to join an international research team exploring ways to control these materials at the atomic scale through atomic resolution transmission electron microscopy and other methods.

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