Doctoral Position in neutral-atom quantum computing

Building up the AQP team in a collaborative, enthusiastic, and communicative environment Setting up laser system for laser cooling, trapping, and imaging of rubidium-85 atoms Engineering and assembling UHV (ultra-high vacuum) system with excellent optical access for the quantum processor Programming and integrating experimental control hardware (ARTIQ) for running quantum information experiments Investigating novel schemes for quantum information processing based on collisional interactions, including theoretical calculations and numerical simulations Preseting your results at scientific conferences and publishing your work

The newly established Atom Quantum Processing (AQP) group, led by Prof. Konrad Viebahn, at the Institute for Quantum Electronics within the Physics Department (D-PHYS), ETH Zurich, is seeking a highly motivated Doctoral Candidate. 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.

• You should hold (or be close to completing) an MSc degree in physics, quantum engineering, electrical engineering, or closely related discipline

• You should have a strong motivation to build a quantum computer from scratch

• Excellent spoken and written English

• Willingness to work in an international and diverse team

• Experience in any of the following laboratory techniques would be advantageous: Fibre coupling, Optical/fluorescence microscopy, Doppler-free absorption spectroscopy, Spatial light modulation, Laser locking, optical resonators, Optical interferometers, Gaussian beam profiling, CAD development, Soldering, PCB development, FPGA development, Digital signal processing (DSP)