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University of Birmingham, School of Physics and Astronomy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 15 University of Birmingham, School of Physics and Astronomy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Analysing data from the ALICE Experiment at the CERN LHC

University of Birmingham

School of Physics and Astronomy

ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) is a general-purpose, heavy-ion detector at the CERN LHC which focuses on QCD, the strong-interaction sector of the Standard Model. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Evans

1 July 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Miniature optical frequency references for quantum sensors in dynamical environments

University of Birmingham

School of Physics and Astronomy

Over the past decade, quantum sensors have rapidly progressed and have demonstrated their huge potential in numerous real-world applications, including navigation, geo-survey, and biomedical imaging. Read more

Supervisor: Dr YH Lien

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

High-bandwidth quantum sensors for navigation applications

University of Birmingham

School of Physics and Astronomy

Over the past decade, quantum sensors have rapidly progressed and have demonstrated their exceptional stability and precision. Read more

Supervisor: Dr YH Lien

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Optical Quantum Memories in Atomic Ensembles

University of Birmingham

School of Physics and Astronomy

An optical quantum memory, a device which can store and retrieve an arbitrary quantum state at the single photon level, has been identified as a significant cornerstone of photonic quantum technologies. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Hird

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Cold Atoms as an Optical Quantum Memory

University of Birmingham

School of Physics and Astronomy

An optical quantum memory, a device which can store and retrieve an arbitrary quantum state at the single photon level, has been identified as a significant cornerstone of photonic quantum technologies. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Hird

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Chip-Scale Atomic Devices

University of Birmingham

School of Physics and Astronomy

Over the past decade, quantum sensors have rapidly progressed and have demonstrated their exceptional stability and precision. They have gathered significant interest from fundamental research and real-world applications, including navigation. Read more

Supervisor: Dr YH Lien

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Development of a Femtosecond Pump–Probe Microscope for Ultrafast Optical Studies

University of Birmingham

School of Physics and Astronomy

This PhD project aims to design and build a femtosecond pump–probe microscope capable of monitoring photoluminescence (PL), reflection, and transmittance with sub-picosecond temporal resolution and micron-scale spatial precision. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Kaplan

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Nanoplasmonic Semiconductor Light Detector — Device Design, Fabrication & Optimisation

University of Birmingham

School of Physics and Astronomy

This PhD focuses on developing a working photodetector that uses a nanoplasmonic semiconductor composite as the active material. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Kaplan

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Photonic Time–Space Correlator (PhoTiSC) for Ultra-Fast 3D Imaging & Time-Resolved Microscopy

University of Birmingham

School of Physics and Astronomy

Capture when and where each photon lands—build the instrument that makes it possible. Project Overview. This PhD project focuses on developing the Photonic Time–Space Correlator (PhoTiSC)—a novel instrument that can measure both the arrival time and position of photons with exceptional precision. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Kaplan

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Bose-Einstein Condensate of strontium atoms

University of Birmingham

School of Physics and Astronomy

We are setting up a new experiment for the realisation of Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) of strontium atoms. In a BEC, one achieves macroscopic filling of atoms in a single quantum state, which manifests itself as a sharp peak in momentum as well as in position space. Read more

Supervisor: Prof Y Singh

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Superradiance and subradiance states in an entangled ensemble of Sr atoms in a 3D optical lattice.

University of Birmingham

School of Physics and Astronomy

Collective response in an ensemble of atoms can lead to the phenomenon of Superradiance and subradiance states. These are quantum effects and can arise due to strong interactions among atoms of the ensemble. Read more

Supervisor: Prof Y Singh

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Chronometric levelling with transportable optical lattice clocks

University of Birmingham

School of Physics and Astronomy

Chronometric levelling at cm precision is an important application for optical clocks, requiring their relative frequency inaccuracies at the level of 1x10-18. Read more

Supervisor: Prof Y Singh

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Redefinition of SI Second using optical clocks.

University of Birmingham

School of Physics and Astronomy

Optical clocks are most precise instruments ever built by human beings. They are excellent tools to study fundamental physics. Presently, SI second is defined using Cs hyperfine transition which falls in the microwave domain (~9.2GHz). Read more

Supervisor: Prof Y Singh

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Measurement of the variation of Alpha using a network of optical clocks.

University of Birmingham

School of Physics and Astronomy

Optical clocks are most precise instruments ever built by human beings. They are excellent tools to carry out measurements on the time variation of constants such as fine structure constant, Alpha. Read more

Supervisor: Prof Y Singh

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Detecting Dark Matter with Atomic Quantum Systems

University of Birmingham

School of Physics and Astronomy

Our understanding of the Universe and its fundamental constituents is conveyed by the Standard Model of particle physics and by General Relativity. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Barontini

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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