Understanding and engineering microscopic sources of noise in solid-state quantum devices

PhD supervisors : Dr Clemens Müller and Dr Andreas Fuhrer

Eligibility criteria and requirements
The candidate should have a solid background in quantum mechanics, quantum optics and quantum information theory, ideally with previous experience in the theory of open quantum system. The candidate must be curious to learn and expand her/his expertise on quantum circuit design, condensed matter physics, materials science, surface chemistry, and experimental data analysis. Excellent coding skills and a working knowledge of Mathematica and Python are expected.

QUSTEC programme follows MSCA eligibility criteria: Required level of experience is ‘Early Stage Researcher’ according to the definition in the work programme of the 2018-2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions: Applicants must, at the date of the respective call deadline of QUSTEC, be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers and have not yet been awarded a doctoral degree. Mobility criterion: The applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the future host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the call deadline of QUSTEC. Short stays such as holidays are not taken into account. For refugees under the Geneva Convention, the refugee procedure (i.e. before refugee status is conferred) will not be counted as a period of residence/activity in the country of the host organisation.

We are offering both a fully funded three-year postdoctoral position (E13) and a PhD position (E13 3/4) to highly motivated and well-qualified researchers who intend to conduct research in the field of quantum error correction and related fields. The scientific project will relate to the fundamentals of topological quantum error correcting codes as well as to near-term error mitigation in realistic quantum devices. The successful candidates will work as part of the research group led by Jens Eisert at the FU Berlin.

Numerical Scientist (Machine Learning/Quantum Physics)

The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology’s Laboratory for Quantum Information Processing is seeking a candidate familiar with computational physics. We are particularly interested in candidates experienced in quantum physics and/or deep learning. Experience in high-performance computing and parallel algorithms is a plus. The start date is flexible.

We are inviting applications for a 3-year PhD position on Theoretical Quantum Nano-Optics on our new group at the Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain.

We are looking for motivated and talented candidates for PhD studentships to explore quantum optomechanical effects with molecules embedded in nanoenvironments, including nonclassical states and their applications in spectroscopy.

The group led by Gemma De las Cuevas at the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of Innsbruck (Austria) is inviting applications to fill 2 PhD and 2 Postdoc positions.