Please find below the ad for a two-year Research Fellow position at the Quantum Science and Technology Hub at the University of Portsmouth, UK. Interested experienced and motivated candidates can contact directly [email protected]. There is some flexibility in the starting time.

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Two-year Research Fellowship: Multiphoton Quantum Sensing and Information Processing
Yearly Salary: 39,347£ - 42,978£ plus benefits
Starting date: October 2024 with some flexibility

PI: Prof. Vincenzo Tamma

The overall field of quantum metrology and quantum information science has reached enormous progress establishing a quantum era where practical applications in quantum information networks, navigation, high precision sensing and imaging for military, security, and biomedical applications.
A crucial step towards such a desired quantum technological revolution is to achieve a quantum
advantage in quantum information processing and high precision measurements with respect to
current schemes. Multi-photon interference is one of the most intriguing quantum phenomena at
the very heart of quantum computing and sensing applications, including the implementation of
boson sampling schemes and the ability to measure physical parameters with higher and higher
precision. The overarching goal of this theoretical project is to introduce novel platforms for multiphoton quantum information processing and sensing with easily accessible photonic sources, such as heralded spontaneous parametric down conversion or thermal light. The theoretical project aims to exploit the full quantum information available in the given photonic system, including their inner mode degrees of freedom (time, position, frequency, transverse momentum, etc.).

Such an approach can enable access to the full computational and metrological power of multi-
photon interference beyond any classical capability, with applications which can range from
quantum information processing to high-precision sensing.

The experimental realisation of the envisioned innovative quantum technological schemes will be implemented in collaboration with leading experimental groups worldwide.

The Research Fellow will benefit from the international and interdisciplinary environment within the Quantum Science and Technology Hub (QSTH) at the University of Portsmouth, including a highly interactive research group in quantum technologies and quantum optics led by Prof. V. Tamma, QSTH founding director, and worldwide collaborations with leading international groups as well as with industry.

The QSTH has also contributed to our excellent Research Excellence Framework 2021 results for Physics: 100% of our research was judged to be
internationally excellent or world-leading; 100% of the impact was rated as having very considerable or outstanding reach and significance; 100%
of the research environment was judged as having the vitality and sustainability to produce internationally excellent or world-leading research
and very considerable or outstanding impact. We were ranked top among modern UK universities and 6th among all UK universities for Physics.
Physics has also recently benefited from substantial investment by the University in new laboratories and capital equipment. Staff work closely
with the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation.