Background of the Project
Nonlinear transmission effects in optical fibre are now a major limiting factor in modern fibre-optic communication systems. Nonlinear propagation effects make optical fibre channels very different from traditional linear communications channels such as wireless or copper cables. There is a clear need for radically different methods for the coding, transmission, and processing of information that take the nonlinear properties of the optical fibre into account. The nonlinear Fourier transform (NFT) that is to be used in place of the conventional Fourier transform, offers new opportunities for the development of fundamentally novel engineering techniques for the coding, modulation, transmission, and processing of information in optical fibre channels.
Training and Secondments
The ESR positon is offered in collaboration with a consortium of world-ranking academic institutions from across Europe and leading industrial partners Nokia Bell Labs (NBL), Stuttgart, Germany, where the ESR will spent 50% of the appointment. Close collaboration with other consortia partners and their recruited ESRs as well as visits to other FONTE partners (Technical University of Denmark, Telecom ParisTech and Technical University of Delft), will be carried out along the project. In addition FONTE researchers will benefit from further continuing education including a suite of bespoke training activities and active participation in external scientific training events, conferences and workshops.
Person Specification
FONTE is looking for candidates with exceptional skills in signal processing, optical communication or applied mathematics. Preferred skill requirements include experience in experimental work, knowledge of scientific programming and computing, physical optics, communications. Knowledge in differential equations, mathematical physics, numerical analysis, information and communication theory, or machine learning is an asset. The successful applicant should have a first class or upper second class honours degree or equivalent qualification in engineering or physics. Applicants with a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or equivalent, are especially encouraged to apply.
The successful applicant is expected to register for a PhD at Aston University and therefore will have to comply with minimum PhD Entry Requirements to be found in the section “Entry Requirements” detailed here.
Academic Requirements
- BSc or MSc in Engineering, Physics or equivalent.
- Knowledge of scientific programming and computing, physical optics, communications.
- Experience in experimental work
- English Language: Minimum requirements can be found in the section “English Language Entry Requirements” detailed here
- Comply with MSCA eligibility and mobility criteria as listed below
Additional Requirements
MSCA Eligibility
Applicants must be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers, and not have been awarded a doctoral degree.
MSCA Mobility
Applicants may not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the UK for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date.
For informal enquiries about this project contact Prof Sergei Turitsyn by email: S.K.Turitsyn@aston.ac.uk.
Application
The full recruitment advert and link to the application portal be found here.
Closing Date: 15 March 2019
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