The Thueringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg (TLS), located near the university town of Jena in Germany, conducts research in a wide variety of fields, ranging from studies of the Sun and extrasolar planets to clusters of galaxies.
The offered position is in the context of high-precision astronomical spectroscopy. In acollaboration between TLS and the Fraunhofer Institute for applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF) in Jena, TLS is developing a compact telescope interface module based on adaptive optics (AO) to inject light of celestial objects into a single-mode optical wave guide.
The successful applicant will work in close interaction with the team at TLS and IOF on various task such as:
- the concept evaluation of various subsystems (modelling and experiments)
- the preparation of experiments and bread-board setups in the lab and for real
telescopes - the correction mechanism for atmospheric differential refraction
- the optimal wavefront sensing strategy
We expect the candidate to present his work at conferences and to publish in scientific journals.
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