Engineering Physics Summer Internship- Adaptive optics implementation

The Air Force Institute of Technology is looking for 2024 candidates to participate in a paid summer internship for 10-12 weeks at Wright Patterson Air Force Base (Dayton, Ohio). This Internship is in the Engineering Physics Department, with the Center for Directed Energy. All applicants must be U.S Citizens and be able to pass a background check. 

Project Title: Adaptive optics implementation for single photon propagation through turbulence 

Project Description: Student would work alongside a graduate student to investigate the Propagation of qubit with spatial mode through turbulence and recovering the quantum information using adaptive optics

Majors preferred: Physics, Astronomy, Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering (optics track)