Using Quantum Technology to Measure Gravity
A PhD position jointly between the University of Liverpool and the Time and Frequency Division of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is available, to work on cold atom Interferometry.
You would work on a new initiative between the Liverpool and NPL, taking the expertise from both labs and combining them. The project is to build a transportable gravimeter & gravity gradiometer package, based on an atomic interferometer, the device would also provide opportunities in fundamental physics for the measurement of the influence of gravity on quantum systems.
The initiative relies on combining expertise from NPL’s frequency fountain system, with the Liverpool interferometer. You would work at both sites on the integration of the two packages, benefiting from the skills and knowledge independently developed between the two partners to help build a new device. It is foreseen that you will spend a significant fraction of your time at NPL for assembly and testing of the system
The Supervisors would be Yuri Ovchinnikov at NPL, and Jon Coleman (Royal Society Research Fellow) at the University of Liverpool
The stipend is £14,000 per year and fees are covered.
A London Allowance of £2000 per year, in line with research council’s standards is also provided for the time spent at NPL.
For more information, contact Jon Coleman: coleman@liverpool.ac.uk
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