Place : Gif-sur-Yvette
Manager : Fabien BRETENAKER
Mission
Development and management of a component testing platform for quantum sensors based on Rydberg atoms for applications in radio frequency field metrology.
Activities
- Manage a component testing platform for quantum sensors based on Rydberg atoms (lasers, atomic cells, modulators, servo and modulation/demodulation electronics, etc.).
- Develop the Rydberg test platform (lasers, electronics, cells, modulators, RF circuits, etc.). Manage external collaborations in order to give the Rydberg atom-based quantum sensor community access to the platform’s resources.
- Develop innovative laser sources for quantum sensors,
- Develop fiber-based atomic cells, – Develop RF circuits for metrology,
- Simulate RF field distributions in cells,
- Simulate atomic responses to optical and RF excitations,
- If necessary, the person will be involved in other research operations in the laboratory that could benefit from their expertise.
Skills
- Quantum physics and atom-laser interaction,
- Laser technology for metrology,
- Photonics components,
- Digital and analog electronics,
- Finite element simulations for RF electromagnetic fields.
Operational skills
- Combining a set of elements from different technological fields (optics, lasers, electronics, data acquisition, radio frequencies),
- Managing a project in a national or international context and in partnership with industrialists,
- Using domain-specific software (Python, Matlab, HFSS, ARC library, etc.),
- Participate in the supervision of young researchers,
- Lead a meeting,
- Conduct negotiations with a supplier,
- Apply health and safety rules,
- Manage a budget,
- Apply public procurement regulations,
- Monitor scientific and technological developments,
- Project management,
- English level B2.
Join LUMIN
The Light, Matter and Interfaces Laboratory is a joint unit of the CNRS (UMR 9024), ENS Paris-Saclay, Paris-Saclay University and CentraleSupélec, located on the Saclay plateau (Orsay and Gif-sur-Yvette). It comprises around 30 permanent researchers and teacher-researchers, a dozen technical and administrative staff, and around 40 doctoral students and non-permanent researchers. The laboratory specializes in photonics applied to various fields of physics, engineering sciences, materials, biology, and quantum technologies. The engineer will be a member of the laboratory’s technical department, reporting directly to the unit director. He/she will work primarily on the Rydberg atom-based quantum sensor development platform located in building 505 of the Orsay Faculty of Science, in collaboration with two permanent LuMIn researchers, post-doctoral students, technicians (mechanical, laser, electronic), engineers, and doctoral students from LuMIn, as well as French and foreign partner laboratories and industrial partners, in order to make the platform’s resources available to the community and participate in the technological development of radiofrequency field quantum sensors.