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NASA Goddard Postdoc: Cold-Atom Interferometry & Optical Atomic Clocks

The QuEST Laboratory at NASA Goddard offers 1–3 year NASA Postdoctoral Program fellowships to build a cold-atom interferometry testbed (3D MOT, light-pulse interferometer, gravity gradiometry) and develop an ultra-precise Sr+ optical clock for Earth and space science applications. Ideal candidates have experimental or theoretical AMO experience—laser cooling/trapping, trapped ions, frequency-c…

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Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Application Deadline: April 2, 2026

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government

industry:energy

industry:research

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postdoc

cold-atom interferometry

optical atomic clocks

laser cooling

magneto-optical trap

trapped ions

frequency combs

quantum sensors

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