Internship –wave Optical Simulations for Micro-Optical Structures

For a variety of modern optical systems, reliable characterization and simulation of wave-optical propagation effects is crucial. Depending on the application, this may involve selecting, adapting, or comparing different numerical approaches, ranging from efficient wave-propagation algorithms to rigorous solvers such as finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) methods and related techniques. The choice of a suitable method with respect to numerical complexity, performance, and accuracy therefore plays a fundamental role. As part of this internship or thesis, promising approaches will be investigated and compared for relevant application examples, such as optical waveguides, photonic integrated circuits, printed micro-optic components, or semiconductor optics. This project within ZEISS Corporate Research and Technology provides insight into a highly dynamic R&D environment with many exciting research fields. **Your Role** ============= * Screen literature and open-source codebases * Select suitable wave-optical propagation algorithms and approaches from in-house or open-source implementations * Select relevant use cases and appropriate evaluation metrics * Develop Python code for the evaluation and visualization of various tools and algorithms for selected applications * Conduct simulations and analyze results * Document and present results **Your Profile** ================ * You are enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master's program of physics, optics, or mathematics * You have basic knowledge of optics * You have basic programming skills in python * You have excellent organization, problem-solving, communication, and innovation skills * You are fluent in English and German Sounds exciting? Then become part of #teamZEISS and help us shape the future! Please provide your complete application documents **(CV, transcript of records, etc.)**. Your ZEISS Recruiting Team: Franziska Gansloser