We supervise each year internships at all level from middle school to Master. You will find below our internship offers and some information for unsolicited applications.
Sciences internships (Bachelor and master level)
Bachelor
Master 1
Master 2
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M2 research Internship: Photonic Quantum Magnetometry
Duration: 4 to 6 monthsSupervisor: Paul HuilleryResearch department: Optoelectronics, Heteroepitaxy and Materials (OHM) at Foton Institute – Rennes – FranceKeywords: Quantum sensors, Diamond NV center, Nanotechnologies, Quantum control
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M2 research Internship : Integrated non-linear devices for light-matter entanglement and frequency conversion in quantum networks
Duration: 4 to 6 monthsSupervisor: Félicien Appas, Yoan LégerResearch department: Optoélectronique, Hétéroépitaxie et Matériaux (OHM) at Foton Institute – Rennes – FranceKeywords: quantum communications, quantum technologies, integrated photonics, photon-pair sources, solid-state quantum memories
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M2 research Internship: Visible-Light Generation in Whispering-Gallery-Mode Microspheres via OpticalNonlinearity
Duration: February to July 2026Supervisor: Stéphane Trebaol, Hélène Ollivier, Yannick DumeigeResearch team: Photonic Systems at Foton Institute – Lannion – FranceKeywords: High-Q microresonator, nonlinear optics, laser, visible light, single photon counting
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M2 research Internship: Single-photon sources for quantumtechnologies
Duration: February to July 2026Supervisors: Hélène Ollivier, Stéphane Trebaol, Yannick DumeigeResearch team: Photonic Systems at Foton Institute – Lannion – France
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M2 Engineering Student Internship:Micro-fabrication and optical characterizations of photonic integrated circuits for the near-UV/visible ranges
Starting date: Early 2026 Duration: 4-6 monthsSupervisors: Loïc BodiouResearch team: Photonic Systems (Foton Institute – Lannion – France)
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M2 Engineering Student Internship: Development of near-UV and mid-IR integrated spectrometers
Starting date: Early 2026 Duration: 4-6 monthsSupervisors: Loïc BodiouResearch team: Photonic Systems (Foton Institute – Lannion – France)
Unsolicited applications
Unsolicited applications can be adressed to individual researcher identified by the candidate. The department pages allow to discover our research activities and people in charge of each of them.
Application for a whole department can be othewise adressed to the department heads for DOP : Marc Vallet and SP : Yannick Dumeige and to for OHM.
In any case, please specified clearly the dates of your internship, scientific interest, motivation and competences to realise the internship your are applying for. You shall join a CV or any document usefull to evaluate your profil.
Please pay attention to the localisation of the people or department you wish to contact (either in the city of Rennes or Lannion) to avoid useless application.
Short internships (1st and 2nd year after high school)
You can apply for a short summer internship (Stage ouvrier) within the OHM department of Institut FOTO N (located at INSA Rennes) via this diffusion liste: . Your application will be transfer to the potential supervisors of the department.
Please join a CV and specify clearly the dates of your internship and your interests in your application.