UK; PhD Studentship on Molecule Interferometry

We are looking for a talented PhD student to work with us on molecule interferometry at the University of Southampton starting by October 2009 (or later) for 3 years.
Our molecule interferometry experiments (analog to the optical Young’s double slit) aim to demonstrate the quantum behaviour of massive and complex molecules (up to 10,000 amu). The PhD project is to finalize the set up of a Talbot-Lau molecule interferometer – a unique machine in the UK – and to perform experiments to explore the particle-wave duality of large organic molecules. The experiments also involve the investigation of cooling of large molecules by for instcne optical and buffer gas techniques as well as the test of novel detection schemes for neutral molecule detection as well as new ideas to control the quantumness of the molecules.

Please find more information on our homepage (http://www.phys.soton.ac.uk/matterwave/html/index.html ) or contact Hendrik Ulbricht (h.ulbricht[at]soton.ac.uk).
This research PhD post is for UK students only and funded by the EPSRC and only upper second class or first class students will be considered.