Experimental Physicist – Rydberg Sensors | University of Colorado – Professional Research Experience Program (PREP)

If interested, please apply at Postdoctoral Associate (colorado.edu).

The Professional Research Experience Program (PREP) encourages applications for a Postdoctoral Associate (Experimental Physicist – Rydberg Sensors)! The NIST Electromagnetic Fields Group has opportunities for postdoctoral researchers to develop experimental methods for Rydberg atom sensors for a variety of applications. The Group maintains the National standard for RF field probes and is building a quantum-based antenna that uses Rydberg atoms excited by lasers to produce an electromagnetic transparent probe to measure field strength with SI Traceability. This is a fundamentally new approach to radio frequency metrology, one that promises to improve the sensitivity, precision, and ease of tests and calibrations of high-frequency field probes used for measuring radiated fields in next-generation 5G wireless systems, biomedical, and nano-electronic systems, and environmental and other sensors.

Postdoctoral scholars will have opportunities to design, build, and troubleshoot laser systems and electronics of the types used in atomic physics experiments as well as working with RF electronic equipment and data analysis.

The NIST Electromagnetic Fields Group is located within the NIST Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL). Recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce is essential to NIST mission of enhancing innovation. Through a diversity of people, teams, and ideas, we find the best solutions. The NIST Postdoctoral and Early-career Association of Researchers (PEAR) is a vibrant community advocating for professional development opportunities for postdocs, students, and other early-career researchers.