Funder: NRC Research Associateship Programs
Due Dates: February 1, 2025 | May 1, 2025 | August 1, 2025 | November 1, 2025
Funding Amounts: $82,764 base stipend plus $3,000 travel allowance; typical appointment duration is 2 years.
Summary: Postdoctoral fellowship at NIST to develop and experimentally implement advanced quantum network protocols and components for practical quantum internet and enhanced classical communication.
Key Information: Open to U.S. citizens with a Ph.D. earned within the last 5 years; requires contacting a NIST Research Adviser prior to application.
Description
This postdoctoral fellowship opportunity at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) focuses on advancing quantum-enabled communications. The research aims to overcome fundamental and technological challenges in quantum networks, including the distribution of high-quality entanglement essential for quantum applications. The project involves developing next-generation quantum network protocols and principal components to enable a practical quantum internet.
NIST leverages its expertise in quantum information science, quantum measurement science, and single-photon detection to experimentally implement quantum 2.0 protocols tailored for real-world networks. Research areas include quantum-enabled control of physical links, error-tolerant entanglement distribution, quantum teleportation, and distributed quantum sensing. The work also explores surpassing classical communication limits and the coexistence of classical and quantum channels within the same physical fiber.
Keywords
- Quantum optics
- Quantum internet
- Telecommunication
- Quantum measurement
- Single-photon detection
