A two-year post-doctoral position is open at the Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Grenoble (IRIG) of the CEA Grenoble (France) on the theory and modeling of silicon/germanium electron and hole spin qubits. The selected candidate is expected to start mid-August 2026 or after.
The aims of this position are to strengthen our understanding and support the development of electron and hole spin qubit devices based on Si/Ge heterostructures through analytical modeling as well as advanced numerical simulations. Topics of interests include:
• Structural and electronic properties of Si/SiGe and Ge/SiGe dots (strain inhomogeneities, valley splittings, …)
• Spin manipulation & readout in electron and hole spin qubits (intrinsic & synthetic spin-orbit fields),
• Exchange interactions in 1D and 2D arrays of spin qubits,
• Sensitivity to noise (decoherence) and disorder (variability),
• Shuttling (transport of spins).
The selected candidate will join a lively project bringing together > 40 people with comprehensive expertise covering the design, fabrication, characterization and modeling of spin qubits, as well as related disciplines (cryo-electronics, quantum algorithms and quantum error correction, …). He/She will have the opportunity to interact with the partners of CEA in Europe (Delft, IMEC, …).
More details can be found at: https://ymniquet.fr/documents/Pdoc.pdf .
Candidates should send a CV to Yann-Michel Niquet (yniquet@cea.fr), with a list of publications, a motivation letter with a summary of past accomplishments, and arrange for two recommendation letters. The position is open until filled.