PhD Positions

Description: The Paris Centre for Quantum Computing brings together computer scientists, theoretical & experimental physicists and mathematicians that work to develop novel quantum information and communication technologies. Within the QIA we will lead the design and implementation of the future quantum Internet applications in collaboration with our industrial partners. The central responsibilities in this thesis is to implement quantum protocols in software and design a modular and application layer software library to facilitate protocol implementation. This library will provide a set of atomic communication tasks to quantum communication protocols identified within QIA. This atomicity will enable building “advanced” protocols by combining these atomic communication tasks easily in software. In addition, this decomposition facilitates the study of the hardware parameters sufficient to realise protocols by reducing (part of) their study to the investigation of the atomic tasks themselves. The preferred profile is a comouter science student with familiarity in both theory and coding. 

Contact details: Prof. Elham Kashefi, LIP6 campus

At the Niels Bohr Institute at University of Copenhagen we currently have a job opening as PhD fellow within experimental quantum photonics. Employment date is 1 October 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The position is embedded in the Quantum Photonics Group within the newly established Center of Excellence “Hybrid Quantum Networks Hy-Q” and the European Quantum Internet Alliance. We carry out fundamental and applied research on solid-state quantum-information processing with solid-state quantum emitters embedded in photonic nanostructures. The quest of the current research programme is to scale the basic quantum functionalities to obtain large and complex quantum networks.

Project description

Within Hy-Q we pursue a hybrid approach to solid-state quantum-information processing by combining spin physics, quantum dots, quantum optomechanics, and quantum memories. Currently we are launching new projects within the following areas:

• Photonic quantum gates based on quantum dots strongly coupled to a nanophotonic waveguide
• Generation of photonic cluster states towards photonic quantum repeaters
• Hybrid quantum memory for quantum dot photon sources

Job description

The PhD position is for a 3-year period and your key tasks as a PhD student at Science are:

• To manage and carry through your research project
• Attend PhD courses
• Write scientific articles and your PhD thesis
• Teach and disseminate your research
• To stay at an external research institution for a few months, preferably abroad
• Work for the department

Formal requirements  

Applicants should have an MSc degree in physics or engineering with good results and good English skills. As criteria for the assessment of your qualifications emphasis will also be laid on previous publications (if any) and relevant work experience.

Application Procedure

The application, in English, must be submitted electronically by following this link.

Please include  

• Cover Letter, detailing your motivation and background for applying for the PhD project
• CV
• Diploma and transcripts of records (BSc and MSc)
• Acceptance Letter for the relevant MSc Programme at SCIENCE, if any
• Other information for consideration, e.g. list of publications (if any),
• Full contact details (Name, address, telephone & email) of 1-3 professional referees

Terms of employment

The position is covered by the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff.

Terms of appointment and payment accord to the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State.

The starting salary is currently at a minimum DKK 317,459 including annual supplement (+ pension up to DKK 43,852). Negotiation for salary supplement is possible.

More info and deadline

The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.

The deadline for applications is 1 September 2018, GMT +2. Applications received later than this date will not be considered.

After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the Interview Committee. Afterwards an assessment committee will be appointed to evaluate the selected applications. The applicants will be notified of the composition of the committee and the final selection of a successful candidate will be made by the Head of Department, based on the recommendations of the assessment committee and the interview committee.

The main criterion for selection will be the research potential of the applicant and the above mentioned skills. The successful candidate will then be requested to formally apply for enrolment as a PhD student at the PhD school of Science.

You can read about the recruitment process at https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/.

Questions

For further information please contact the principal supervisor, Prof. Peter Lodahl, Niels Bohr Institute, lodahl@nbi.ku.dk, phone: +45 35325303.