Postgraduate research opportunities Metasurfaces for quantum networks

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Key facts

  • Opens: Friday 1 November 2024
  • Deadline: Friday 7 February 2025
  • Number of places: 1
  • Duration: 4 years
  • Funding: Equipment costs, Home fee, International fee, Stipend, Travel costs

Overview

This 4-year PhD project is part of the EPSRC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training in Applied Quantum Technologies. As well as completing a PhD project in an aligned topic, CDT students will also benefit from technical and skills-based training in all aspects of quantum technologies.
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Eligibility

All applicants must have or expect to obtain a first-class or second-class honours degree, or equivalent, in a relevant subject OR have or expect to obtain a Masters degree.

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Project Details

In recent years, dielectric metasurfaces have transformed optical imaging by replacing complex combinations of optical elements with structured surfaces that are thin and highly efficient. This project aims to design optimized metasurfaces to distribute different photon states among multiple users while minimizing the number of optical components needed for quantum network development. The core concept is that metasurfaces, with their numerous scattering channels, can serve as the foundation for compact quantum networks enabling multiparty communication.

Throughout the project, you will develop a unique skill set in advanced photonics, quantum information, and machine learning-based inverse design, offering strong foundations for future career prospects. The project will be carried out in collaboration with the Atlantis group at INRIA, University of the Côte d'Azur, France, who will provide guidance on the inverse design of metasurfaces. You may also spend time at INRIA during their thesis work.

Further information

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Applied Quantum Technologies

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Funding details

The funding provided for these fully funded PhDs will include four years of both tuition fees and monthly stipend payments.

Fully funded studentships are available at the UK home rate and international rate

Home Students

To be eligible for a fully funded UK home studentship you must:

  • Be a UK national or UK/EU dual national or non-UK national with settled status / pre-settled status / indefinite leave to remain / indefinite leave to enter / discretionary leave / EU migrant worker in the UK or non-UK national with a claim for asylum or the family member of such a person, and
  • Have ordinary residence in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man or British Overseas Territory, at the Point of Application, and
  • Have three years residency in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, British Overseas Territory or EEA before the relevant date of application unless residency outside of the UK/ EEA has been of a temporary nature only and of a period less than six years

International Students

There are a limited number of international studentships for exceptional candidates who do not meet the UK home status mentioned above.
Candidates should check if they require an ATAS certificate; eligible nationalities are listed on GOV.UK (UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office). 

International candidates whose first language is not English must demonstrate their proficiency in the English language with IELTS certification or equivalent.

While there is no funding in place for opportunities marked "unfunded", there are lots of different options to help you fund postgraduate research. Visit funding your postgraduate research for links to government grants, research councils funding and more, that could be available.

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Supervisors

Dr Papoff

Dr Francesco Papoff

Senior Lecturer
Physics

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Dr Francesco Papoff

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Applications should be submitted via the AQT website in the first instance.

Number of places: 1

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