Job Description
Laser Scientist
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Salary: £52,907 - £58,198 per annum (dependent on skills and experience)
Hours: Full-Time
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (4 years)
Location: Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE
Come and discover the kind of impact that you can make when you work with some of the best facilities and brightest scientists in the world.
An exciting opportunity exists to join the Central Laser Facility (CLF) at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory to work on the development of lasers driving next-generation particle accelerators and X-ray sources.
The goal of this project is to design, install and test next-generation high energy femtosecond laser sources operating at 100 Hz to 1 kHz pulse rates.
We are seeking to develop and demonstrate a reliable 100 TW peak power laser operating at the unprecedented pulse rate of 100 Hz. The pump source for the main broadband power amplifier will rely on the CLFs proprietary DiPOLE laser amplifier technology.
Alongside, research and development work will be carried out to scale the pulse rate to 1 kHz.
These short-pulsed, high peak and average power lasers will be used to drive plasma accelerators for the realisation of compact, high brightness secondary pa...