PhD Position on Quantum Simulation with RbSr Ground-state Molecules
PhD Position on Quantum Simulation with RbSr Ground-state Molecules
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Are you eager to push quantum simulation to new regimes in a lively international research group Do you want to explore physics that nobody else has seen Maybe you want to join our team as a PhD on our exciting journey towards the first continuous super radiant clock. We are the ultracold strontium group at the University of Amsterdam and you can read more about the project here.
Join us!
This PhD position is part of theGen-Q programme and applications must also be submitted through the Gen-Q website. Gen-Q has received funding from the European Unions Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement number .
You will participate in network meetings across Europe where you will learn about quantum technology from experts in the field and train essential skills such as academic writing and outreach. You will participate in a summer school and regular consortium meetings with the other PhDs. You will spend time in the lab of a consortium partner.
This is what you will do
With this project you will join a team of experimental quantum physicists at the Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute of the University of Amsterdam. We are using ultracold atoms and trapped ions as a means to investigate and utilize fascinating phenomena in quantum physics. We are particularly interested in developing novel platforms for quantum information science quantum many-body physics quantum sensing and optical atomic clocks.
When atoms are cooled to nanokelvin temperatures their quantum-mechanical wave properties become evident. At densities where their de-Broglie wavelengths overlap a quantum-degenerate gas is formed either a Bose-Einstein condensate (for bosons) or a degenerate Fermi gas (for fermions). At the University of Amsterdam we are exploring a unique mixture of atomic species namely Rb and Sr. The long-standing goal is to bring these species together and form RbSr molecules. A key milestone in this regard was the discovery and characterization of so-called Feshbach resonances in this mixture 14 881 (2018). Since then we have developed several key insights and new tools see .(2023) and the recent PhD thesis of Premjith Thekkeppatt.
Your goals will be to explore the opportunities that we have identified in the RbSr mixture. We will employ the recently demonstrated stabilization of the 87Rb-87Sr (Bose-Fermi) resonantly interacting mixture under confinement in an optical lattice. We will study the effects of further reduction in dimensionality by additional optical trapping in the form of optical lattices and/or optical tweezers. We have developed a high-resolution multi-wavelength objective that will be used to achieve better sensitivity for both species. We aim to create weakly bound RbSr molecules through the use of confinement-induced resonance. From there we will be able to create ground-state molecules by optical adiabatic state-transfer techniques. Another avenue we will explore is the physics of strongly interacting Bose-Fermi mixtures in our system.
This project is embedded in the ultracold atom part of the QDNL programme and will allow you to learn about many interesting projects related to your PhD in particular those of the strontium BEC group and of the hybrid atom-ion group. Your PhD project will profit from synergy with all these activities.
What we ask of you
- at least 8 months of master project in experimental ultracold atom or trapped ion group;
- good team working skills;
- good English skills;
- experience with at least a few of the following: experimental work with optics lasers electronics experiment control software;
- some experience with data analysis;
- strong letter of recommendation from master project supervisor;
- Beneficial skill: programming including some languages of the following list: C C Python Matlab Mathematica. Programming skills will be used to build experiment control systems data analysis systems and to perform numerical simulations of experiments.
For MSCA PhD positions it is required that the applicant shall at the date of recruitment be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers and have not been awarded a doctoral degree. The applicant must not have resided or carried out her/his main activity (e.g. work or studies) in the Netherlands for more than 12 months in the three years immediately prior the recruitment date.
This is what we offer you
A temporary contract for 38 hours per week for the duration of 4 years (the initial contract will be for a period of 18 months and after satisfactory evaluation it will be extended for a total duration of 4 years).The preferred starting date is 1 October 2025 or as soon as possible after should lead to a dissertation (PhD thesis). We will draft an educational plan that includes attendance of courses and (international) meetings. We also expect you to assist in teaching undergraduates and master students.
You will work in this team
The strontium quantum gases group is headed by Prof. Florian Schreck and is part of the Quantum Gases & Quantum Information cluster at the Institute of Physics (IoP) of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). The main focus of the group is the use of ultracold Sr gases for novel precision measurement techniques and the study of many-body physics.
If you feel the profile fits you and you are interested in the job we look forward to receiving your application. This call for applicants is placed by the Gen-Q network.
The application must be submitted through the Gen-Q website.
Follow the instructions there and select Grand Challenge C Developing quantum hardware and topic 26C Rb-Sr mixtures. You must submit the same documents also via the button below. We accept applications until and including 31 August 2025.
A complete application must only consist of:
- Motivation letter
- CV
- Reference letter (cannot be provided by future potential supervisor)
- Ethics self-assessment
- Masters degree or any equivalent degree that enables to embark on a doctoral programme
All documents must be submitted as a single PDF file. Please put your family name in the file name. Please note that any extra non-requested documents will be disregarded. For further information regarding the motivation letter see theguide for applicants. There is atemplate for the CVas well as atemplate for the ethics self-assessment. Please see theguidelines for more information on how to fill in the ethics self-assessment document. A knowledge security check can be part of the selection procedure (for details:national knowledge security guidelines).
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Employment Type
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