TOPTICA France, french hub of the TOPTICA group, world-leading manufacturer of high-power low-noise fiber lasers and amplifiers is seeking a highly motivated and talented individual to join the team. We are looking for a candidate with a particular interest in the field of innovative laser source for quantum applications.Focus on the Labcom Starlight+The Labcom Starlight+ is a joint initiative between LP2N (Laboratoire Photonique, Numérique et Nanosciences) and Toptica France (formerly Azurlight Systems). This laboratory has been the birthplace of several major advances in laser sources for the quantum industry, and the founding partners have ambitious plans for growth and expansion following the implication of Toptica Photonics and the award of several major financed projects.We offerA stimulating research and industrial environment with close collaboration with R&D scientists from TOPTICA as well as ALPhANOV.The LP2N lab will also provide an interdisciplinary working atmosphere, as it is hosted in the facilities of the Institut d’Optique d’Aquitaine, which is also home to Naquidis, the innovative centre for disruptive quantum products. Several annual social events are organized for taking time to relax and to get to know co-workers.Competitive salary and benefitsOpportunities for professional development and advancementAccess to the ressources and facilities of the Institut d’Optique

iXatom est un laboratoire de recherche commun entre le Laboratoire de Photonique Numérique et Nanosciences de l’Institut d’Optique d’Aquitaine (LP2N), spécialisé dans les nouvelles techniques pour l’interférométrie atomique, et Exail, leader industriel dans les domaines de la photonique, de la navigation inertielle et des capteurs quantiques.Dans cet environnement unique à la frontière entre recherche fondamentale et applications, nous étudions les capteurs inertiels quantiques de prochaine génération, en particulier pour des environnements embarqués. En hybridant des capteurs classiques et l’interféromètre atomique, il est possible d’améliorer les performances des systèmes de navigation inertielle de plus d’un ordre de grandeur par rapport aux technologies existantes.

In two setups we are studying crystallization and self-ordering phenomena in systems where the emerging ordered structure has more degrees of freedom with respect to what can be obtained in a stationary wave cavity. The atoms are trapped in a traveling wave cavity, where they interact with several cavity modes, or within the core of a photonic crystal fiber, where they see a continuum of electromagnetic modes. In either case no boundary conditions are imposed to the emerging optical lattice, and the transition from homogeneous to periodic order consists in a crystallization of both light and ultracold atoms breaking a continuous translational symmetry. The scheme would allow the observation of supersolid-like components and quasi-crystals.