Postdoc in Optical Fibre Simulation for Quantum Communication, IISc Bengaluru
Job Description
This postdoc in optical fibre for quantum communication at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, is for a researcher who can simulate optical fibres designed to carry quantum states. The opening is announced on the CEQT openings page at IISc.
At a glance
- Position: Post-doctoral researcher (one post)
- Where: Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
- Focus: Simulation and design of optical fibres for use as quantum channels
- Announced by: CEQT, the Centre for Excellence in Quantum Technology at IISc
- Apply by: Open until filled; contact asha@iisc.ac.in
About this optical fibre quantum communication postdoc
The notice is short. It states that a postdoc position is available, that expertise in the simulation of optical fibres for application as quantum channels is required, and that the simulation work will be carried out to design fibres for use in quantum communication. Candidates with optical fibre simulation experience are invited to write.
Because the announcement does not describe a funding source, duration or salary, applicants should ask about those when they make contact. The opening is carried on the CEQT openings page alongside the centre’s other quantum positions.
Who can apply
- A background in optical fibre simulation, with experience that can be applied to fibres used as quantum channels.
- The notice asks specifically for people with optical fibre simulation experience; it does not list further eligibility conditions.
Why this role matters
Every long-distance quantum link in India will run over fibre, and the fibre itself decides the loss, the dispersion and how well polarisation or time-bin encodings survive the trip. Designing fibre for quantum channels rather than reusing telecom fibre is one of the quieter ways of making quantum communication work over real distances.
Pay and duration
The announcement does not state a salary, duration or funding source. Ask about all three in your first e-mail, and treat any figure you are quoted informally as provisional until it is confirmed in writing.
Other CEQT positions advertised on the same page carry consolidated monthly pay between Rs 58,280 and Rs 1,00,000 depending on seniority, which gives some idea of the range at this centre, but the fibre position itself is advertised without a figure.
How to apply
The notice asks interested candidates to write to asha@iisc.ac.in. Send a CV, a short statement of your fibre simulation experience and, if you have them, examples of designs you have modelled.
No closing date is published. ResearchJobs.in has set a provisional date of 16 October 2026 and will re-check the CEQT openings page then.
Read the official CEQT openings page at IISc in full before applying. You can also browse postdoctoral fellowships and more research jobs on ResearchJobs.in.
Hiring institution: Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
Official advertisement: ceqt.iisc.ac.in
How to prepare for this application
- Name the solvers and mode solvers you use for fibre design, and show one worked example: index profile in, loss and dispersion out.
- Say whether you have modelled specialty fibre — hollow-core, multicore, polarisation-maintaining — and what changed in the simulation compared with standard single-mode fibre.
- Connect your simulations to quantum requirements: attenuation at the working wavelength, polarisation drift, Raman noise from co-propagating classical channels.
- If you have compared a simulated design against a measured fibre, put that comparison in the first page of your application.
- Ask in your e-mail about the project's duration, funding and expected start, since the notice does not give them.
About CEQT and IISc
The Centre for Excellence in Quantum Technology (CEQT) at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, is part of the institute's initiative on quantum technology and is hosted with the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics.
IISc is a public institute of higher learning in Bengaluru, established in 1909, and runs research and postgraduate programmes across the physical, biological, mathematical and engineering sciences. The quantum work advertised here sits in an experimental quantum optics and quantum information processing laboratory on the main campus.
