We have a vacancy for a one year postdoc position (extendible upon mutual agreement) within the QUACS (EU) Network in the Theoretical Quantum Optics group. The candidate should have background/expertise in any of the following theoretical areas: quantum optics, atomic, molecular and optical physics, quantum information, quantum statistical mechanics, condenced-matter physics. The successful candidate will be engaged in one or more of the following innovative research projects, with strong encouragement for initiative, creativity and collaboration with experimental groups:
A. Novel theoretical approaches to entanglement and decoherence.
This project will include the analysis of the evolution of quantum information flow between the system and its environment, allowing for the correlation time of the environment response. Special emphasis will be placed on the entanglement and information flow during propagation and collision of wave-packets. Applications to atomic, molecular and solid-state systems will be explored.
B. Theoretical studies of matter-wave optics in complex systems.
The focus of this project will be on matter-wave interference with controlled entanglement of internal and external states, such as laser based interferometry for molecular dimers. The project will address the role of quantum statistics and entanglement on the scattering of probe matter-waves by complex systems.
C. Manipulation of entanglement and decoherence in complex quantum systems.
This project will consist in theoretical development of quantum evolution control as well as decoherence control based on the Quantum Zeno effect.

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