Mid infrared photon counting with superconducting nanowires

这一量子工业学生将为博士生提供一个令人兴奋和有益的培训机会，让他们在量子技术的单光子探测前沿工作。该项目将由格拉斯哥大学(GU)的量子传感器小组和荷兰代尔夫特的Single Quantum BV(SQ)联合主办。量子传感器小组(由Robert Hadfield教授领导)是英国超导单光子探测器的领先研究小组。这些设备为在广泛的量子技术应用中实现低噪声、高速、高效率的单光子探测树立了黄金标准。主要应用领域包括单光子激光雷达、幽灵成像和地空量子通信。Single Quantum BV(https://singlequantum.com/))是欧洲超导单光子探测器领域的领先公司。Single Quantum是从TU Delft NL剥离出来的，在不到十年的时间里已经发展到近50名员工，为全球客户提供服务，包括量子技术和工业研发实验室的顶级研究集团。Single Quantum提供近乎单位效率为1550 nm的超导纳米线单光子探测器，安装在实际的闭合循环系统中；扩展到中红外波长并扩展到大型设备阵列和阵列是开辟光子计数应用新市场的明确战略重点。量子工业专业的学生将在定制低温系统中的阵列中部署下一代超导纳米线设备，用于单光子成像和遥感应用。对于对应用量子技术感兴趣的具有物理或工程背景的雄心勃勃的学生来说，这是一个令人兴奋的机会。

This QuantIC industrial studentship will provide an exciting and rewarding training opportunity for a doctoral student to work at the cutting edge of single-photon detection for quantum technologies. This project will be jointly hosted by the Quantum Sensors Group at the University of Glasgow (GU), and Single Quantum BV, Delft, The Netherlands (SQ).The Quantum Sensors group (led by Professor Robert Hadfield) is the UK's leading research group on superconducting single-photon detectors. These devices set the gold standard for low noise, high speed, high efficiency single photon detection in broad spectrum of quantum technology applications. Key application areas include single photon LIDAR, ghost imaging and ground-to-space quantum communications.Single Quantum BV (https://singlequantum.com/) is Europe's leading company in the superconducting single-photon detector arena. A spin-out of TU Delft NL, Single Quantum has grown to almost 50 employees in under a decade, serves customers worldwide, including top research groups in quantum technologies and industrial R&D labs. Single Quantum offer superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors with near unity efficiency at 1550 nm housed in practical closed-cycle systems; extension to mid infrared wavelengths and scale up to large device arrays and arrays are clear strategic priorities to open up new markets in photon counting applications.The QuantIC industrial student will deploy next generation superconducting nanowire devices in arrays in custom cryogenic systems for single-photon imaging and remote sensing applications. This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious student with a background in physics or engineering, interested in applied quantum technologies.