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Many-body Quantum Dynamics

Cavendish Laboratory
 

We have two postdoctoral positions on experiments with ultracold atoms and optical lattices.

In addition to our main experiments on Quantum Simulations in Optical Quasicrystals and a Kagome Quantum Gas Microscope, we are also starting a new activity on Atom Interferometry for detecting dark matter and gravitational waves.

Current Postdoc opportunities include fundamental many-body physics at the Kagome Quantum Gas Microscope, atom interferometry, or being part of the UK Quantum Technology Hub and developing schemes for local control and addressing of lattice-based quantum simulators.

We are looking for an experimental quantum-optics/cold-atoms expert with (or being close to completing) a PhD in physics or a related area. Specific experience with ultracold atoms, optical lattices, atom interferometry or other synthetic many-body systems is helpful,

The start date is flexible, the positions are available immediately and the envisioned start date is spring to summer.

Application closes on 3/1/21.

http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/27743/

Latest news

IOP Joseph Thomson Medal

22 December 2023

Professor Ulrich Schneider received the IOP 2023 Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize for groundbreaking experiments on the collective dynamics of quantum gases in optical lattices, including fundamental studies of localization effects in both disordered and quasicrystalline systems. More information at: https://www.iop.org/...

Postdoc Positions available

1 July 2023

We have two experimental postdoc opportunities on many-body physics in Optical Quasicrystals and on being part of the UK Quantum Technology Hub and developing optical optical-lattice and tweezer-based Quantum Simulators . More information at: https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/41624/ Applications close on 15/8/23.

Observing the two-dimensional Bose glass in an optical quasicrystal

2 March 2023

Our latest work on observing the two-dimensional Bose glass in our optical quasicrystal is now on the Arxiv: Arxiv:2303.00737 . We could not only observe the Bose glass and the phase transition between Bose glass and superfluid, but could furthermore experimentally establish the non-ergodic character of the Bose glass...

Hubbard Models for Quasicrystalline Potentials

13 October 2022

Our latest work on creating Hubbard Models for Quasicrystalline Potentials is now on the Arxiv (2210.05691). In it, we present a numerical method for constructing the Hubbard Hamiltonian of non-periodic potentials without making use of Bloch's theorem, and then apply it to the eightfold rotationally symmetric 2D optical...

AION Vacuum system arrived

4 July 2022

The AION experiment reached an important first milestone with the UHV vacuum chamber having been delivered. Next stop: laser cooled Strontium. aion_uhv_chamber.jpg