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Postdoc Opportunities in Quantum Optics in United Kingdom
Postdoc Positions in quantum optics in united kingdom
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Universities with open postdoc positions in quantum optics in the United Kingdom include Durham University and Imperial College London.
Durham University
United Kingdom
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1 week ago
Durham University’s Department of Physics is advertising a Postdoctoral Research Associate position in the Quantum Light and Matter research section. The project, “Quantum networking at telecom wavelengths with Yb qubits” , is led by Dr Tobias Franzen and funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) . The research sits at the intersection of AMO physics , quantum optics , cavity QED , optical tweezers , cold atoms, and quantum networking. The team is developing a modu...
Quantum Optics
Physics
1 week ago
Durham University
United Kingdom
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2 weeks ago
Durham University’s Department of Physics is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Associate for a project on quantum networking at telecom wavelengths with Yb qubits . The work is led by Dr Tobias Franzen and funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) . The project aims to develop enabling technologies for future quantum networks by combining ytterbium atom qubits , quantum optics , AMO physics , compact laser systems, modular tweezer-array platforms, and cavity-enhan...
Computer Science
Electrical Engineering
Quantum Computing
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2 weeks ago
Imperial College London
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2 weeks ago
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Research Associate in Optimal Quantum Control at Imperial College London , Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences. This is a postdoctoral research associate opening focused on quantum information , quantum technologies , optimal control , and trapped-ion quantum gates . The successful candidate will work on the collaborative QuantERA project FALCON , designing optimised driving schemes that help the experimental partner in Innsbruck (UIBK & AQT) implement high-fidelity entangling gat...
Computer Science
Electrical Engineering
Optimal Control
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Durham University
United Kingdom
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2 weeks ago
Durham University’s Department of Physics is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Associate for the project “Quantum networking at telecom wavelengths with Yb qubits” . The work sits at the intersection of physics , quantum optics , AMO physics , and emerging quantum networking technologies. The project is led by EPSRC Quantum Technology Fellow Dr Tobias Franzen and is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) . Research goals include developing a modular ytterbium t...
Computer Science
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Quantum Computing
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2 weeks ago
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University of Cambridge
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1 month ago
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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...
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Imperial College London
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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...
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University of Southampton
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PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in high coherent broadband light sources based on soft-glass optical fibers . The project is hosted in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and supervised by Dr Tonglei Cheng and Dr Lin Xu . Research will focus on nonlinear optics , optical fibers , supercontinuum generation , and the design of high-power, broadband, highly coherent all-fibre light sources . The work combines numerical simulation with nonlinear optical experiments to s...
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Living costs in United Kingdom
Estimated costs in United Kingdom.
MonthlyYearly | United Kingdom |
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 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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