Doctoral Position in neutral-atom quantum computing — ETH Zürich
- Location
- Zurich
- Contract
- fixed-term
- Posted
- Today
Role overview
Doctoral Position in neutral-atom quantum computing
100%, Zurich, fixed-term print Drucken
The newly established Atom Quantum Processing (AQP) group , led by Prof.
- Doctoral Position in neutral-atom quantum computing
- 100%, Zurich, fixed-term print Drucken
Application process
- Our research focusses on ultracold neutral atoms and their application in quantum technologies, in particular, quantum computing.
- We are currently establishing a new laboratory for laser cooling, trapping, and imaging ultracold rubidium atoms in optical lattices.
- With newly developed methods, such as high-fidelity collisional atom-atom interactions, we build highly coherent quantum machines capable of creating massively entangled quantum states for computing, simulation, sensing, and metrology. Project background
- Neutral atoms are one of the most promising quantum architectures of today.
- Yet, the current roadmaps towards neutral-atom fault-tolerant quantum computers are almost exclusively based on Rydberg interactions in optical tweezers.
- While Rydberg-based gates are fast, they have a massive drawback: finite Rydberg lifetimes and unavoidable decoherence due to spontaneous emission.
- Instead, our research will employ collisional interactions between atomic qubits, which are highly coherent, passively stable, and very scalable.
- By using optical lattices instead of optical tweezers we can trap and control more qubits per given laser power, eventually leading to a scalability advantage over the neutral-atom state-of-the-art.
Additional details
- 100%, Zurich, fixed-term
- With newly developed methods, such as high-fidelity collisional atom-atom interactions, we build highly coherent quantum machines capable of creating massively entangled quantum states for computing, simulation, sensing, and metrology. Project background
- In this experimental Doctoral project, you will play a central role in setting up the experimental apparatus, building a closely-knit team, and developing new concepts in collisional quantum processing.
- Preseting your results at scientific conferences and publishing your work
- You should have a strong motivation to build a quantum computer from scratch Excellent spoken and written English
- Experience in any of the following laboratory techniques would be advantageous: Optical/fluorescence microscopy Doppler-free absorption spectroscopy Spatial light modulation Laser locking, optical resonators Optical interferometers Gaussian beam profiling Digital signal processing (DSP)
Notes and original content
- With newly developed methods, such as high-fidelity collisional atom-atom interactions, we build highly coherent quantum machines capable of creating massively entangled quantum states for computing, simulation, sensing, and metrology.
- Project background
- Job description
- You should have a strong motivation to build a quantum computer from scratch
- Excellent spoken and written English
- Experience in any of the following laboratory techniques would be advantageous:
- Fibre coupling
- Optical/fluorescence microscopy
- Doppler-free absorption spectroscopy
- Spatial light modulation
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