Postdoctoral Associate or Research Associate

Job Summary

The proposed work will be performed within the Quantum Nanophotonics and Faint Photonics groups within the Applied Physics Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, CO, USA. Primary duties consist of analyzing and improving the performance of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs). This task involves both nanofabrication in a specialized cleanroom facility, as well as device testing and characterization in an optics setup.

What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

• Design and fabricate new SNSPD architectures to surpass the 98% efficiency threshold and increase maximum count rate above 10 MHz.
• Test SNSPD devices using cryogenic systems and contribute to maintenance and operation of those systems.
• Contribute to domestic and international collaborations with groups working on SNSPDs.
• Write grant proposals.
• Train and mentor one or more graduate students or postdocs.
• Support experiments involving random number generation, Bell tests, distributed entanglement by applying SNSPDs.
• Publish results in peer-reviewed journals.
• Present results at conferences.