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RAP opportunity at National Institute of Standards and Technology     NIST

High-Performance Cryogenics

Location

Physical Measurement Laboratory, Quantum Electromagnetics Division

opportunity location
50.68.72.B8373 Boulder, CO

NIST only participates in the February and August reviews.

Advisers

name email phone
Joel N. Ullom ullom@boulder.nist.gov 303.497.4408

Description

For many measurement applications, the sensitivity of cryogenic instrumentation far surpasses that of conventional room temperature electronics. Consequently, NIST has a large program to develop detectors that operate at temperatures between 4 Kelvin and 50 milliKelvin. The adoption of these detectors in real-world applications depends critically on the availability of cryogenics that are user-friendly, compact, and power efficient. As part of the cryogenic detector development effort, NIST also develops the requisite cryogenic systems, which include both cryocoolers and cryostats. Relevant cooling technologies include pulse tube, Joule-Thomson, sorption, quantum tunneling, adiabatic demagnetization, and dilution refrigerators. Research opportunities focus on the development of cooling systems with significantly reduced size and power consumption. There is particular emphasis on cooling from room temperature down to 2 Kelvin using pulse tube coolers developed using the thermoacoustic framework. There is also emphasis on cooling from 1 Kelvin to the milliKelvin regime using quantum tunneling in solid-state structures.

 

key words
Cryogenics; Cryocoolers; Refrigerators; Thermodynamics; Hydrodynamics; Thermoacoustics; Pulse tube; Tunnel junction;

Eligibility

Citizenship:  Open to U.S. citizens
Level:  Open to Postdoctoral applicants

Stipend

Base Stipend Travel Allotment Supplementation
$82,764.00 $3,000.00
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