Postdoc (H/F): Développement d'un interféromètre à atomes en cellule à vapeur

Updated: 11 months ago
Location: Paris La Defense, LE DE FRANCE
Job Type: FullTime
Deadline: 02 Jun 2023

27 May 2023
Job Information
Organisation/Company

CNRS
Department

Systèmes de référence temps-espace
Research Field

Engineering
Physics
Technology
Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)
Country

France
Application Deadline

2 Jun 2023 - 23:59 (UTC)
Type of Contract

Temporary
Job Status

Full-time
Hours Per Week

35
Offer Starting Date

1 Jul 2023
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

H2020
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Among the activities to be carried out there will be:
-Design and implementation of an interferometer with atoms in a vapor cell at room temperature
-Study and metrological characterization of the operation of the interferometer -Identification of systematic effects limiting the operation of the interferometer and implementation of adapted solutions via instrumental and AI techniques
-Reduced dead-time clock/accelerometry measurements

A senior post-doc position is currently available in the Atom Interferometry and Inertial Sensors team at SYRTE. The candidate will work on the development of an atom interferometer whose physical package will be a vapor cell containing rubidium-87 atoms. The R&D work will be conducted inside an international collaboration with industrial groups in the aerospace and inertial navigation sectors. The recruited candidate will contribute to the development of an inertial navigator and a vector gravimeter, with the long-term ability to enable high-precision inertial navigation, without GNSS assistance and compatible with defense applications.

SYRTE, with 125 employees, is one of the world's leading laboratories in the field of metrology, primary time-frequency references and interferometry with cold atoms. The laboratory develops state-of-the-art atomic clocks and inertial sensors, limited by quantum projection noise. The laboratory's research activities have a significant impact in the industrial application of cold atoms. The world's first cold atom gyrometer was built at SYRTE in the Atomic Interferometry and Inertial Sensors team and its primary frequency references, apart from their contribution to International Atomic Time (TAI), also contribute to the operation of GALILEO.

The laboratory is located at 61 avenue Denfert-Rochereau, on the site of the Obseratoire de Paris (https://syrte.obspm.fr/spip/presentation/article/le-syrte?lang=fr ).

The Atomic Interferometry and Inertial Sensors team of SYRTE is directed by Franck Pereira Dos Santos. Its aim is to study the possibilities offered by atomic interferometry for high precision measurements, and in particular for the realization of very high performance inertial sensors. Our team is a pioneer in the development of these sensors, and has an internationally recognized expertise, in particular in the metrological study of instruments. We have demonstrated the first cold atom gyrometer, were the first team to participate in international comparison campaigns of absolute gravimeters with our atomic gravimeter or to demonstrate the operation without dead time of this type of sensors. Our numerous contributions to the field (models for the evaluation of sensitivity and accuracy limits, development of vibration rejection techniques, demonstration of new sensor architectures, development of hybridization methods ...) are now widely used by other teams. Our work in gravimetry has been the subject of an industrial transfer to the company exail, which markets cold atom gravimeters based on a patented technology.


Requirements
Research Field
Engineering
Education Level
PhD or equivalent

Research Field
Physics
Education Level
PhD or equivalent

Research Field
Technology
Education Level
PhD or equivalent

Languages
FRENCH
Level
Basic

Research Field
Engineering
Years of Research Experience
1 - 4

Research Field
Physics
Years of Research Experience
1 - 4

Research Field
Technology
Years of Research Experience
1 - 4

Additional Information
Eligibility criteria

Technical expertise, knowledge and expected know-how in:
-experimental atomic physics and/or quantum optics
-instrumentation for atom interferometry (lasers, optics, electronics)
-Knowledge of machine learning, optimal control, artificial intelligence


Website for additional job details

https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR8630-CARGAR-013/Default.aspx

Work Location(s)
Number of offers available
2
Company/Institute
Systèmes de référence temps-espace
Country
France
City
PARIS

Where to apply
Website

https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Candidat/Offre/UMR8630-CARGAR-013/Candidater.aspx

Contact
City

PARIS
Website

http://syrte.obspm.fr/

STATUS: EXPIRED

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