💼 Full-Time Position

PhD position in AMO Physics - QuEST for APV

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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
📍 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Location
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Posted
June 20, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

This PhD project is about quantum enhanced sensing in trapped ions for atomic parity violation, a cornerstone of the electroweak interaction. Using quantum technology, this project will push the frontiers of fundamental physics tests.

Your function

We are searching for a motivated and interested PhD-student, with a degree in physics or related topics or with experience in quantum technology, spectroscopy, and/or laser physics, who wishes to work with us in the international and stimulating environment of the joint Quantum Metrology group at LaserLaB Amsterdam.

This project aims to develop a new experimental apparatus that enables quantum enhanced sensing in trapped barium ions for tests of electroweak theory. At the basis of the project lies a unique high-precision radio frequency ion trap in which single Ba+ ions will be confined and cooled to their motional ground state. With optical standing waves the ind...