Are you passionate about quantum technologies and eager to further develop a Rydberg atom quantum computing platform as a 24/7 user-facility for hybrid quantum computing? Join us! We are looking for a candidate that drives the development of the experimental execution of the quantum computer and implements optimal control in dynamic quantum computing sequences.
Project and Job descriptionAt TU/e, the ultracold atom lab of
QT/e, part of the
Eindhoven Hendrik Casimir Institute, is developing and constructing a pulse-based Rydberg atom quantum computing platform. This project is part of the
KAT-1 Quantum Delta NL program on Rydberg-atom based hybrid quantum computing, which is a demonstrator program based on
Quantum Inspire: the European quantum computer that is 24/7 online available for users. In 2024, our qubits will be added and we are looking for quantum engineers/postdocs to make this happen. The selected candidate will play a leading role in the development and integration of the control software, electronics and other hardware that manages the experimental qubit-platform. Moreover, they will drive the implementation of optimal control for the quantum computing and simulation platform within our quantum computer user-facility, working together with the qubit-hardware and software-hardware integration team.
Our platform for hybrid quantum computing and quantum simulation is formed around a quantum co-processor, with qubits based on ultracold (Rydberg) atoms. With optical tweezers these atoms are held in a lattice configuration with good controllability and readout. With excitation to Rydberg states, strong nearest-neighbour coupling can be realized, giving rise to multi-qubit entanglement. This platform is very suitable for specific tasks such as hybrid algorithms for quantum chemistry problems. For the Quantum Inspire platform the species of choice is atomic strontium, based on demonstrated high fidelity for single-atom gates. The goal for the QT/e platform is a robust setup to contain strontium atoms reliably in optical tweezers, with excellent single- and multi-qubit control. The setup aims for high stability to make it suitable for 24/7 online access.
Concretely, the selected candidate will guide the application and design of the control side of the project, involving software, electronics and other hardware. The project will specifically focus on fully automated computer control and creating and executing fast time sequences including real-time feedback. The platform should be suitable for pulse-based and gate-based hybrid quantum computing. Currently the Sr setup is controlled by the open software and hardware stack of ARTIQ but we and the selected candidate will also explore other control stacks or modules in collaboration with industry. The Sr setup is based on a MOT and contains specific optical elements such as two microscope objectives, a spatial light modulator that controls the tweezer array and AODs for atom rearrangement. Additionally, within the ultracold lab, there is a ready to use ultracold rubidium atom testbed, for testing designs and ideas prior to implementation on the Sr computing platform.
The selected candidate will work together with several PhD candidates, fellow postdocs/quantum engineers (other vacancies available, please see
V34.6152 and
V34.6153), MSc students and the PI's within the ultracold atom team at QT/e. Moreover they will collaborate with the
ultracold strontium lab at the UvA in Amsterdam, other partners within the Eindhoven Hendrik Casimir Institute and the wider quantum research network in the Netherlands. The work will be carried out in the Center for Quantum Materials and Technology (QT/e) within
the CQT research group.