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PhD Position on Optical Atomic Clocks

Universiteit van Amsterdam
Location 📍 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Posted 📅 June 17, 2026
Work Type ⏰ Full-time

Position Overview

What are you going to do

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You will work on two projects. You and the QDNL team will design and build a highly reliable optical lattice clock, based on our AQuRA project. With our partners from VSL and VU, we will distribute the frequency reference of this clock through fibre links across the Netherlands and ultimately Europe. In parallel, you and the QDNL team will create continuously operating optical clocks (a superradiant clock and a zero-deadtime, multi-ensemble clock). Such a clock should ultimately be able to average down to a precision of 10^-18 in minutes instead of the hours needed by todays clocks. This benefit will unlock new possibilities from fundamental science to society.

Your experience and profile

  • A master degree, having done the master project in atomic, molecular or optical physics, ideally on an ultracold atom or trapped ion experiment;
  • Motivation to work with an ambitious and nice team in a chall...
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    Job Details

    Employment Type
    Full-time
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    Category
    Drafters, Engineering Technicians, and Mapping Technicians
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    Work Arrangement
    On-site
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    Location
    Amsterdam, Netherlands