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The Platform for Advanced Characterisation-Grenoble (PAC-G) of the Nanoelec Technological Research Institute (IRT Nanoelec) is managed by a partnership involving the European Synchrotron ESRF, the European Neutron Source ILL, CNRS-LPSC and CEA-LETI and includes industrial partners from the microelectronics sector in Grenoble. The aim of PAC-G is to offer state-of-the-art characterisation services to industry. In this framework, an important activity of R&D is carried out to develop novel advanced characterisation set-ups in anticipation of the future needs of the community in nano- and micro-electronics.
In particular, the research engineer will be in charge of developing a novel TOF-XBIC methodology, for the characterisation of semiconductor substrates. This methodology will be, in particular, applied to the investigation of diamond based detectors, a very promising solution, in the low energy X-ray domain as well as for the detection of charged particles.
The work will be carried out with the team of beamline BM05 at the ESRF and in collaboration with DiamFab, a company based in Grenoble, the LPSC and the ILL.
The main duties of the engineer will be the following.
- Developing a TOF-XBIC setup for the characterisation of semiconductor substrates on beamline BM05
- Definition of the specifications for a sensitive diamond based material for targeted applications.
- Qualification of various diamond based materials developed by and with partner organisations.
- Development and test of a dedicated detector assembly for an ILL instrument.
- Reporting on activity progress.
