Quantum Optics Professors and Supervisors in Japan

The theoretical particle physics group at the University of Tokyo is offering a postdoctoral position in particle phenomenology with a focus on dark matter detection and its interface with quantum information and quantum metrology. The successful researcher will work primarily with Hajime Fukuda on theoretical approaches to detecting and characterizing dark matter using tools from quantum information and quantum measurement theory. The project is flexible: specific topics will be shaped in discu...

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...

Postdoctoral Researcher opening at Kagawa University in the Faculty of Creative Engineering, Materials Science Area, Ono Laboratory. This position is part of the JST ERATO Takeuchi Super-Entanglement Project and focuses on quantum optics, quantum information, quantum measurement, integrated optical circuits, and quantum photonics . The successful candidate will lead experimental research using silicon photonics, single-photon and photon-pair sources, and single-photon detectors, while also contr...