Quantum Communications (QC) are revolutionising the way we transmit information and connect remote parties. Leveraging on the quantum properties of photons and on the tools developed for optical communications, it is now possible to create quantum networks that distribute confidential information to distant users with the highest level of security and create quantum correlations - or entanglement - at its nodes, thus shaping the future quantum internet.

Physico-Infomatics and Systems (PIS) Laboratory, University of Tsukuba was started from October 1st, 2023. The principal investigator of this lab. is Prof. Yutaka Shikano. PIS Lab. now opens several Ph. D positions included the master's and doctoral courses under several projects. When you propose the more interesting project under the supervision of Prof. Yutaka Shiakno, we can negociate this topics.

We propose to study the interaction between mechanical and electronic degrees of freedom using a Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) based on a single suspended carbon nanotube. The project can evolve toward two main directions. The first one aims at observing and generating mechanical quantum states of the carbon nanotube such as Schrödinger cat. The other direction focuses on the study of the dynamics of a single molecular magnet [6] using the nanotube-SQUID as an ultra-sensitive magnetometer.