PhD Opportunities in Quantum Optics in Austria

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...

The University of Warsaw’s MAB QLAB Centre is recruiting one PhD student for Group 2: Quantum Infrastructure and Photonic Information Processing. The position is based in Warsaw, Poland, within the Center for Hybrid Quantum-Classical Information Technologies (QLAB), and focuses on research in quantum technology, quantum mechanics, and optics. The successful candidate will work under the supervision of Dr. Michał Karpiński in a team environment that includes seminars, project meetings, open-scien...

Up to 10 fully funded PhD research assistant positions are available in the Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS) at Paderborn University, Germany, as part of the Graduate Program PhoQS FUTURE. The positions are planned for Fall 2027 and are offered at 75%–100% of the regular working hours, depending on the project and research field. The research environment is strongly interdisciplinary and spans experimental and theoretical physics, electrical engineering, computer science, and mathe...

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) is offering a funded PhD position in the Quantum Materials Group within the Materials Research and Technology department in Belval, Luxembourg. The project focuses on Hong-Ou-Mandel interference and entanglement with colour centres in silicon carbide, with a strong emphasis on quantum optics, quantum photonics, and scalable quantum communication hardware. The successful candidate will work on setting up a new optical cryostat platform combini...

ETH Zurich’s Quantum Device Lab is recruiting Doctoral Students in Quantum Networking with Superconducting Circuits in Zurich, Switzerland. The project focuses on developing a superconducting qubit quantum network and advancing quantum networking applications using a unique two-node platform with superconducting qubit chips, dilution refrigerators, and a cryogenic link. The research is led by Andreas Wallraff and builds on a platform that has already enabled landmark demonstrations such as looph...

PhD opportunity at the University of Sheffield in topological quantum photonics and 2D materials . The project explores how topologically protected light states can be created through strong light-matter interaction with chip-integrated monolayer semiconductors (van der Waals semiconductors). The goal is to develop efficient and robust quantum optical processing and compact quantum photonic devices. The student will work across the research groups of Prof. Dmitriy Krizhanovskii and Prof. Alexand...

TU Delft (QuTech) is recruiting several PhD candidates for research on silicon-carbide quantum networks in the Taminiau lab . The project focuses on spin defects in SiC, fast optical entanglement links, high-fidelity spin-qubit control, and the development of scalable quantum networks for distributed quantum computation, simulation, and communication. The research combines nanofabrication , nanophotonics , quantum optics , and experimental work on quantum devices. Students will help design and f...

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences on engineering quantum photonic simulators for complex open quantum systems . The project is supervised by Professor Marian Florescu and focuses on quantum photonics, open quantum systems, quantum mechanics, quantum transport, decoherence, non-Markovian dynamics, and nanophotonic reservoir engineering. You will develop theoretical and computational frameworks for quantum emitters coupled to struc...