Microwave Quantum Optics via Organic Spin Chemistry

博士项目将涉及超灵敏探测器和超低噪声信号处理中量子自旋材料的发现、表征和应用。这些材料通常是由溶液或通过固化（Bridgman法）生长的分子晶体，并含有顺磁性分子。虽然随机掺杂的材料（如对三苯中的并五苯）已被证明是有用的，但我们正在努力构建具有较低展宽的完美共晶。根据基础技术的进展，有几种应用是可以想象的（在你博士工作的最后几年）。其中包括探测从月球反弹的单个微波光子，以及开发新型量子机器，如热机，利用自旋和占据电磁模式的光子之间的纠缠。研究路径需要灵活，并适应其他地方取得的突破。

The PhD project will involve the discovery, characterization and application of quantum spin materials for ultra-sensitive detectors and ultra-low-noise signal processing. These materials are generally molecular crystal grown from solution or through solidification (Bridgman method) and contain paramagnetic molecules. Though randomly doped materials (such as pentacene in para-terphenyl) have proven useful, we are striving to construct perfect co-crystals with lower broadening. Depending on progress with the basic technology, several applications are conceivable (in the latter years of your PhD work). These include detecting single microwave photons bounced of the moon and the development of new types of quantum machine, such as heat engines, that exploit entanglement between spin and photons occupying electromagnetic modes. The research path will need to be flexible and adapt to breakthroughs made elsewhere.