PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Quantum Optics in Ireland

The University of Southampton is offering a competition-funded Doctor of Philosophy project on random point sources for quantum measurement and sensing . The research addresses how information about underlying physical sources or fields can be recovered when quantum measurements are sparse, noisy and limited in resolution. The project will develop mathematical methods based on random point sources, point processes and random measures. It will examine how source configurations and their statistic...

This PhD project at Umeå University is part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network SPARK and focuses on the fundamental physics of spatiotemporal hybrid light–matter states . The doctoral candidate will work on creating spatiotemporal polaritons through ultrafast light–matter interactions in engineered metamaterial systems, with the aim of controlling hybrid states on femtosecond timescales. The research combines nanophotonics , metamaterials , ultrafast optics , condensed matter physics...

Quantum Information, Sensing and Metrology is a postdoctoral fellowship in the Computational and Information Science Directorate, Network Science Division, at the DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory. The project sits at the intersection of theoretical and computational physics, with research directions centered on quantum information science and quantum technologies. The fellow will work on problems such as optimal control methods for quantum systems, computer-algebraic tools for modeling quantum ne...

The Quantum Cavity Optomechanics group at the Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, is hiring postdoctoral researchers for quantum technology research. One postdoctoral project focuses on developing superconducting circuits operating at micro- and millimeter-wave frequencies. The work is aimed at enabling future quantum technologies, including optomechanical devices and quantum-limited amplifiers. A second project uses theoretical methods to study interactions between membrane...

The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Middle Tennessee State University is offering a full-time postdoctoral research fellowship in quantum sensing . The project focuses on experimental quantum sensing and metrology, with emphasis on squeezed light and whispering gallery mode (WGM) systems. The successful fellow will contribute to research in quantum optical experiments and WGM-based platforms within the department’s research environment at Middle Tennessee State University. The post is a t...

AMOLF in Amsterdam is offering a postdoctoral position in the Photonic Materials group of Prof. Albert Polman on probling electron-photon correlations using cathodoluminescence (CL) spectroscopy . The project sits at the intersection of nanoscale light-matter interaction, electron microscopy, quantum optics, and advanced instrumentation. The research is part of the NXTGEN Hightech programme of the Dutch National Growth Fund and involves close collaboration with TU Delft, DELMIC, Amsterdam Scient...

The Bonn-Cologne Graduate School of Physics and Astronomy (BCGS) at the University of Bonn , in cooperation with the University of Cologne , offers a PhD in Physics within a structured, research-oriented doctoral programme. This programme is centred on three years of thesis research leading to a doctoral degree in physics. The school’s scientific interests span applied and quantum optics , nuclear and particle physics , condensed matter physics , statistical physics , astroparticle physics , and...

The University of Bath is offering two exciting PhD opportunities in quantum science within Kristina Rusimova’s established and well-funded NanoBioPhotonics Research Group. The projects explore how light can be used to control individual molecules and investigate their quantum behaviour. Project 1: Loading the Quantum Dice: Controlling Matter One Molecule at a Time . Project 2: A Photon and a Molecule Walk into a Tunnel Junction: Quantum Optics Meets Single-Molecule Science . The opportunities a...

Toyota Technological Institute in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, invites applications for a full-time postdoctoral researcher in the Nano-Photon Science Laboratory, led by Associate Professor Tetsuhiro Kudo. The appointment is planned to begin on April 1, 2027, with flexibility depending on the successful applicant’s circumstances. The laboratory develops optical manipulation technologies using visible, near-infrared, and mid-infrared lasers together with advanced microscope systems. The postdoctoral res...