A 3.5 year PhD position is available in in the Ion Quantum Technology Group in the Sussex Centre for Quantum Technologies in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Sussex. The position consists of current UK/EU fees and a yearly stipend of £15,609 which can be supplemented by tutoring. The position also includes an annual travel allowance. You should have a physics, or related degree.
A consortium led by Universal Quantum , a University of Sussex spin-out company, has been awarded a £7.5m grant from Innovate UK’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to build a scalable quantum computer that can correct its own errors and apply this technology to high-impact problems in the aerospace industry. You can find more details about this project here . The group at Sussex will modify an existing quantum computer prototype for this purpose in order to verify important working principles of such an error corrected machine and carry out important proof-of-principle demonstrations in collaboration with a number of commercial partners. As part of this studentship, the student will aid with the development of the first error corrected quantum computer in the UK. This includes a variety of task including automation of an ion trap apparatus, demonstration of ion transport operation and quantum gates, modifying the quantum computer control systems culminating in the demonstration of quantum error correction.
The Ion Quantum Technology Group is one of the world’s leading centres for the implementation of trapped-ion quantum computing and simulation. The group is part of the UK Hub on Quantum Computing and Simulation. The group currently spans 6 Postdoctoral Fellows, 14 PhD students, the Senior Scientist and the Head of Group.
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You can find out more about the group at:
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/physics/iqt/
Some recent media coverage about the group’s work can be found here: The Telegraph , Nature , Financial Times, CGTN documentary , BBC , Sky News Tonight With Dermot Murnaghan , VICE , and Daily Mail .
For more information, please email the head of group,
Prof Winfried Hensinger
(Professor of Quantum Technologies)
To apply please email a CV, and your degree results as soon as possible or the latest by 24/6/2022 to the email address above. Note in order to qualify for this position you must have resided in the UK for three years prior to the start of the position. If you are from outside the UK, you may apply for a non-funded position in the group, however, you will need to have a funding source for tuition fees and living expenses.