Postdoc Opportunity at NIST:
Nanoplasmonics and Quantum Simulation in Single-Atom Devices

NIST (a government research lab located in Maryland, USA) has a program in researching single-atom devices. These devices, when operated at low temperatures, give us the remarkable ability to monitor or control the motion of single electrons. Among the goals of our research are to develop charge and spin qubits for use in quantum computing.

At this time we have two projects:

Nanoplasmonics and Quantum Simulation: We wish to demonstrate microwave coupling to buried monolayer dopant structures, by combining i) resonant or non-resonant surface superconducting lines above the buried dopants with ii) nanoplasmonic antennae in the buried dopant layer. After that, we wish to probe the spectral content of a variety of buried dopant structures, with one outcome being pursuing analogue quantum simulations (eg, Fermi-Hubbard model) in these structures.

Transport in Single-Atom Devices: Our burgeoning project to make and measure single atom Si devices at NIST will involve i) initial measurements of monolayer-based nanoscale and single-electron devices, ii) a variety of subsequent low-and high-frequency experiments involving these devices, with goals including control of tunneling and exchange energies, and coherent manipulation.

This is a two-year postdoc position, mostly entailing measurements in one of several low-noise electronics systems in dilution refrigerators. Although not required, it It would be most helpful to have experience in fabrication of superconducting devices; additional experience in either of the following would also be quite helpful: i) Low-temperature, low-noise electrical measurements of nanodevices ii); High-frequency manipulation and measuerments.

For further information or to apply, please contact:

Neil Zimmerman
(301) 975-5887
neilz@mailaps.org
ftp://ftp.nist.gov/pub/physics/neilz/papers.html