PhD 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...

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...