Warm Atom-Light Interaction Sensing
NRL is researching warm atom-light interactions for sensing electric, magnetic, acoustic, and inertial signals, seeking applicants with optics/atomic physics backgrounds.
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Funder: NRC Research Associateship Programs
Due Dates: May 1, 2025 (Next deadline)
Funding Amounts: $99,200 stipend plus $3,000 travel allowance; typical postdoctoral fellowship duration 2-3 years
Summary: Postdoctoral fellowship at Naval Research Laboratory to conduct research on warm vapor atom-light interactions for sensing electric, magnetic, acoustic, and inertial signals.
Key Information: Open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents with backgrounds in optics and/or atomic physics; ability to write software for data acquisition and analysis is desirable.
Description
The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Optical Sciences Division’s Fiber Photonics Section offers a postdoctoral research opportunity focused on warm vapor atom-light interactions for sensing applications. The research targets detection of signals across DC to GHz frequency regimes, including electric, magnetic, acoustic, and inertial signals. The work involves both theoretical and experimental approaches, as well as applied research with field testing in real-world environments.
Recent achievements include the development and deployment of a Cesium-vapor magnetometer operating at ambient temperature. Candidates are expected to independently conduct research, present findings orally, and prepare manuscripts for publication in scientific journals.
Ideal applicants have a strong background in optics and/or atomic physics and possess skills in software development for data acquisition and analysis.
