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PhD Opportunities in Quantum Optics in United Kingdom
Phd Positions in quantum optics in united kingdom
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Universities with open PhD positions in quantum optics in the United Kingdom include University of Bath, University of Sheffield and University of Southampton.
Kristina Rusimova
University of Bath
United Kingdom
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3 days ago
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...
Chemistry
Experimental Physics
Materials Science
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3 days ago
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom
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2 weeks ago
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...
Electrical Engineering
Materials Science
Spectroscopy
+6 more
2 weeks ago
University of Southampton
Top university
United Kingdom
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3 weeks ago
Top university
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...
Computer Science
Electrical Engineering
Materials Science
+9 more
3 weeks ago
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Imperial College London
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United Kingdom
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2 months ago
Top university
PhD opportunity in Controlling Errors in Quantum Computers at Imperial College London , supervised by Dr Zhenyu Cai in the Department of Computing. The project focuses on one of the central challenges in quantum computing : suppressing and controlling errors in quantum machines. The research aims to develop a full-stack approach to quantum error suppression , integrating strategies across multiple layers of the quantum computation stack. This is a PhD opening . The post does not specify funding ...
Computer Science
Electrical Engineering
Quantum Computing
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2 months ago
Imperial College London
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United Kingdom
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1 month ago
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Imperial College London is recruiting a fully funded PhD candidate for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network SPARK, focused on space–time metamaterials , structured light , nanophotonics , and ultrafast optics . The project is based in the group of Professor Riccardo Sapienza in the Blackett Laboratory, Department of Physics, and leads to a PhD awarded by Imperial College London. The project, Space–Time Beams for and from Space–Time Metamaterials , will experimentally generate and characte...
Experimental Physics
Electrical Engineering
Materials Science
+5 more
1 month ago
Marcos H.D. Guimarães
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University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
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1 month ago
Top university
Marcos H.D. Guimarães, Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge, is looking for outstanding PhD students to join the Opto-Spintronics of Quantum Materials group at the Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics. The research focuses on opto-spintronics in van der Waals heterostructures , using time-resolved magneto-optics , photocurrent spectroscopy , and other optical and electrical techniques to study magnonics , spin and orbital torques , and spin/valley-polarised excitons in 2D ma...
Electrical Engineering
Materials Science
Quantum Materials
+4 more
1 month ago
Living costs in United Kingdom
Estimated costs in United Kingdom.
MonthlyYearly | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
 University Accommodation On-campus student housing per year | £5.1k $6,500/yr |
 Clothing Basic clothing and seasonal needs per year | £948 $1,200/yr |
 Books & Academic Supplies Textbooks, stationery, and academic materials per year | £474 $600/yr |
 Utilities & Connectivity Electricity, water, internet, and mobile per year | £758 $960/yr |
Estimates based on university averages and Numbeo
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Northumbria University
United Kingdom
Research Interests
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Magnetospheric Physics
Heliospheric Physics
Nonlinear Waves
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University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
Research Interests
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Surgery
Traumatic Brain Injury
Cerebrovascular Physiology
Neurochemistry
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Assistant Professor
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom
Research Interests
Astrophysics
Geophysics
Magnetospheric Physics
Plasma Physics
Radiative Forcing
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University Of Strathclyde
United Kingdom
Research Interests
Quantum Physics
Quantum Mechanics
Optical Physics
Photonic
Quantum Optics
University Of Strathclyde
United Kingdom
Research Interests
Quantum Physics
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Electronics
Quantum Computing
Quantum Optics
The University of Sheffield Department of Physics and Astronomy
United Kingdom
Research Interests
Quantum Physics
Condensed Matter Physics
Photonic
Quantum Electronics
Topological Insulator
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