PhD candidate position, to work on 'Chip-based platform for exploring the interface between quantum mechanics and general relativity'.
Application deadline: August 31, 2022.
Project description
The project is funded by a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant. The project addresses one of the key challenges of modern physics: understanding the interface between quantum mechanics and general relativity. Recently, an experimental test was proposed that can directly witness the need to unify the two theories: observing quantum entanglement between objects that only interact through the gravitational field. A successful test would prove the existence of superpositions of space-time and have far-reaching implications on how we understand our world.
This project aims to develop and characterise an experimental platform that is compatible with the requirements for such a ‘entanglement through gravity’ experiment. The objectives of the research are to trap and levitate a picogram mass, cool its centre-of-mass motion to the quantum ground state, couple its motion to a controllable qubit system and, finally, produce and measure a spatial superposition of the mass.
Key responsibilities
PhD defence - Arno Bargerbos: "Nanowire Josephson Junctions in Superconducting Circuits"
PhD defence - Marc Noordam: "Interacting light fields in monolayer WS2 and plasmonic systems"
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QuTech Academy course: Quantum Hardware 1 - Theoretical concepts
Casimir course - Programming (online: network-based instruction)
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