PhD students typically begin in October, however applications are accepted throughout the year. Students will join a vibrant cohort of over 30 students working on both fundamental and applied quantum technologies and receive focused graduate training in experimental atomic physics and quantum optics.

Students (including non-European students) with an excellent track record can apply for a SUPA prize PhD studentship with us and other PhD scholarship options at Strathclyde are shown here. Below, we give details of current fully-funded projects available. If you would like to know more about the projects in a given area or to work in something not listed below, please email the relevant member of academic staff for details.

The available projects listed below are fully-funded for the October intake; however, there is some flexibility for a deferred start. Please contact the named academic supervisor for information.

SI-traceable atomic thermometry

You will be part of a new research area for the UK, namely making absolute and traceable measurements of temperature using optical measurements of the Doppler broadening of an atomic transition. The aim is to scale to practical (~mm sized) sensors using miniature optical cells filled with appropriate atomic/molecular species. This project is in conjunction with external collaborative partner Graham Machin at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL).

Nov 28, 2023

Advancing the stability and accuracy of a laser-cooled microwave atomic clock

The atomic clock team are looking to develop ultra-compact platforms to provide atomic timing and frequency references. The team have an experimental position to develop compact and robust laser-cooled atomic clocks with a fractional accuracy on the level of 10^-15, equvalent to a timing accuracy on the scale of a nanosecond in a week, for research, industry, and space applications

Nov 1, 2023

Quantum Error Correction in a dual species Rydberg Array (QuERy)

The QuERy project is focused on development of a dual-species platform for neutral atom quantum computing to address the major barriers to scaling existing platforms from 100s to thousands of qubits, namely extending atom array trapping lifetimes through integration in a cryogenic environment and enabling active error correction through the ability to perform cross-talk free, state-selective local measurements.

Oct 26, 2023

Scalable Qubit Arrays for Quantum Computation and Optimisation

This project will utilise the advanced SQuAre neutral atom quantum computing platform developed at Strathclyde, offering up to 225 qubits. The aim is to perform pioneering demonstrations of small-scale digital and analogue algorithms relevant for addressing industrially relevant real-world problems relating to optimisation as well as studies of many-body quantum systems.

Oct 26, 2023

High Fidelity Entanglement in a trapped ion chain

We are seeking to recruit a PhD student to work embedded within the trapped ion team at NPL lead by Dr. Alastair Sinclair to demonstrate multi-qubit entanglement in a 1D ion chain suitable for next-generation quantum metrology.

May 1, 2023

Ultracold atoms in an optical lattice

Ultracold atoms in an optical lattice In this project, the student will work on a quantum-gas microscope which allows us to image fermionic potassium atom by atom, lattice site by lattice site.

Jan 1, 2022