NIST Single-Photon Devices for Quantum Information Applications
NIST supports research to advance single-photon devices (sources, detectors, switches) and quantum memory for quantum information applications.
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NRC Research Associateship Programs has archived this opportunity.
Funder: NRC Research Associateship Programs
Due Dates: February 1, 2025 | August 1, 2025
Funding Amounts: Base stipend approximately $82,764/year with $3,000 travel allowance; typical appointment duration is 2 years.
Summary: Supports postdoctoral research on single-photon devices and solid-state quantum memory for quantum information applications at NIST.
Key Information: Open to U.S. citizens holding a doctoral degree; requires contacting a NIST Research Adviser prior to application; applications reviewed twice yearly.
Description
This fellowship opportunity, offered through the NRC Research Associateship Programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), supports research focused on the development and advancement of single-photon devices critical to quantum information science. These devices include single-photon sources, detectors, and processing components such as switches, as well as solid-state quantum memory technologies.
Research areas encouraged include improving the accuracy and convenience of on-demand single-photon sources, enhancing single-photon detectors and switches, and advancing metrology techniques for these devices. The program highlights a broad range of source technologies, including parametric down conversion in bulk and waveguide crystals, four-wave mixing in optical fibers, praseodymium (Pr) ions doped into crystal matrices, and quantum dots.
The fellowship provides an opportunity to engage in cutting-edge quantum information research that interfaces single photons with material qubits and other quantum systems.
