Color centers are optically active, atomic-scale entities (i.e., comprised of substitutional, interstitial, and/or vacant atoms) that reside in a solid-state host material.  They are analogous to trapped atoms and ions and similarly exhibit extraordinary spectral properties.  However, their existence in a solid, rather than vacuum, eliminates the need for complex and continual electromagnetic trapping schemes for position retention and confers different scientific and technological application spaces which have yet to be sufficiently explored or exploited – those in which the color center may interact, even strongly, with its environment or exist within densely integrated technologies.  This project seeks to develop the metrological and fabrication framework necessary to understand and manipulate color centers for novel quantum sensing and information processing applications at the single photon level.

Applicants should have experience in one or more of the following areas: nanofabrication, nanophotonics, nanoelectronics, cryogenics, spectroscopy.

key words

color center; quantum information; nanofabrication; nanophotonics; nanoelectronics; spectroscopy; cryogenics

Citizenship:  Open to U.S. citizens

Level:  Open to Postdoctoral applicants