Author: Lucas Lorini
Post-doc position at FEMTO-ST (Besançon)
Post-doc position open at FEMTO-ST, OHMS (Oscillators, Clocks, Metrology and Systems) group
Subject: Microcell-based optical clocks
Duration: 1 year, with possibility of extension
Call for Papers for EFTF 2026 – Deadline extended to November 18, 2025
REFIMEVE Annual Meeting – New deadline for registration: November 14th, 2025
You can registrer here:
Christophe Daussy (LPL) – Winner of the 2024 Jean Perrin Prize of the French Society of Physics
Awarded by the French Physics Society, the Jean Perrin Prize recognizes particularly successful efforts to popularize science. In 2021, with the support of the French Optical Society, Christophe Daussy, a lecturer and researcher at the LPL, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, relaunched a project that was initially started within the Atouts Sciences association in 2015, for the International Year of Light. It was this educational kit project, called LightBox, that caught the attention of the jury for the Jean Perrin Prize of the French Society of Physics. FIRST-TF is a partner in the LightBox project, contributing to its funding
FIRST-TF 2025 annual meeting & workshop on “Application of Time-Frequency technologies to defense and space industries”
Slides presented at those events are now available at this page
Christophe Salomon wins the 2025 Balzan Prize
French physicist Christophe Salomon has been awarded the 2025 Balzan Prize by the Balzan Foundation for his pioneering work using ultra-cold atoms to build atomic clocks that have revolutionized time measurement.
Link to the press release from the Balzan International Foundation. The prize will be awarded in Bern (Switzerland) on November 14, 2025.
Research Engineer at LPL
Fixed-term position for a research engineer in the Metrology, Molecules, and Fundamental Tests research group at the LPL. The candidate will work on experimental developments for precision measurements and ultra-stable signal transmission, with a strong focus on electronics. Applications are open on the CNRS job portal: link.
HDR defense: Clement Lacroute
On Thursday, October 16, 2025, Clement Lacroute will defend his HDR entitled:
“Cavités Fabry-Perot ultra-stables et pièges à ions à électrodes surfaciques pour la métrologie des fréquences optiques”
The defense will take place at 2 p.m. in the Mesnages amphitheater at SUPMICROTECH-ENSMM (Besançon).
Doctoral positions within the QuRIOUS MSCA doctoral network on optical quantum clocks
Several PhD positions are available within the QuRIOUS MSCA doctoral network on optical quantum clocks: https://www.quriousclocks.eu/
Available projects
Position R2-UvA: Multi-ensemble, zero-deadtime, non-demolition readout Sr clock – University of Amsterdam, NL
Position R3-UoB: Compact vacuum chamber suitable for a transportable optical lattice clock operating at 5×10-18 – University of Birmingham, UK
Position R4-UoB: Field deployable optical lattice clock with performance better than 1 part in 1016 – University of Birmingham, UK
Position R5-CNRS: continuous superradiant emission on the 1S0 → 3P0 clock transition of ytterbium – FEMTO-ST, France
Position R6-CNRS: Continuous-wave superradiant lasing from a cold-atom beam – Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, France
Position R7-CNRS: QND measurements in strontium optical lattice clocks in the classical and quantum regimes, Laboratoire Temps-Espace, France
Position R8-UCPH: Testing the fundamental limits of superradiant lasers – University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Position R9-INRIM: Engineering quantum states and metrology in hybrid cavity lattice clock – INRIM, Italy
Position R10-UMK: Superradiant Sr clock with sequential loading – Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland
Position R11-TUW: Theory and numerical simulations for the development of continuously operating clocks – Technische Universität, Wien, Austria
Position R12-UIBK: Modeling and new operation modes of cavity enhanced optical clocks – University of Innsbruck, Austria
Position R13-MEN: Development and future maturation of optical clocks based on hot atomic vapors or atomic beams - Menlo Systems, Germany
Position R14-NKT: Tools for optical control of atomic clock transitions – NKT Photonics, Denmark
Position R15-QUBIG: Compact light conditioning modules for the visible spectrum – QUBIG, Germany
Requirements for all positions
– Starting date: between October 2025 and April 2026. (Discuss with us if you would like to join, but could start only somewhat later.)
– For the experimental PhD positions it is highly beneficial if the master thesis has been done in experimental atomic, molecular or optical physics.
- Any nationality.
REFIMEVE 2025 Annual meeting- Grenoble – Registrations open
On behalf of the organizing committee, I am pleased to announce the opening of registration for the REFIMEVE 2025 General Assembly. You can do so here:
https://agrefimeve2025.sciencesconf.org/.
For logistical reasons, the registration deadline is November 7th at 12:00 PM UTC+1. Registration is free but mandatory, even for guests.
On the General Assembly website, you will find the full program, which includes laboratory visits on the morning of the second day. These will be organized into three parallel groups, including a visit to LIPhy. You are invited to prioritize the second laboratory on campus from among three options: IRAM, IPAG, and ISTERRE.