Two 2 years Post-docs in Quantum Photonics – Grenoble

In the frame of the ANR project « A bright source of Indistinguishable Polarization-entangled On-Demand photon pairs » (start January 2020), the teams of Jean-Philippe Poizat (Institut Néel, CNRS Grenoble) and Julien Claudon and Jean-Michel Gérard (IRIG, CEA Grenoble) welcome applications for two 2-years postdoc positions.

These two teams belong to the “NanoPhysics and SemiConductor” (NPSC) joint structure.

The goal of this project is to design, fabricate and use a single semiconductor quantum dot (QD) embedded in a photonic waveguide to produce polarization entangled photon pairs with a very high quantum efficiency. The specificity of this project is that we will use strain and electrostatic fields to tune the properties of the QD and produce a device satisfying all the requirements for a realistic implementation in a quantum communication set-up.

Institut Néel and IRIG are part of the largest French national research institutes in condensed matter physics. Grenoble features a unique scientific, industrial and cultural ecosystem. It offers one of Europe’s largest high-tech center. Grenoble has been identified as one of the three French Quantum Hubs together with Paris and Saclay. It benefits from an exceptional environment at the heart of the French Alps.

Position at CEA-IRIG: Design and fabrication of the samples.
Modelling, clean room processing, preliminary optical characterization.
Web site : https://www.pheliqs.fr/

Contact: Julien.claudon@cea.fr

Position at Institut Néel: Optical spectroscopy and quantum optics measurements
Micro-photoluminescence, photon correlation experiments
Web site : https://neel.cnrs.fr/equipes-poles-et-services/nanophysique-et-semiconducteurs-npsc

Contact: Jean-philippe.poizat@neel.cnrs.fr