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Entangled Time: Pushing Atomic Clocks Beyond the Standard Quantum Limit

In a new study, researchers led by JILA and NIST Fellow Jun Ye have shown how to make atomic clocks even more precise by leveraging entanglement. This allows the atoms to “tick” more in sync, reducing the randomness…

3D optical lattice clock platform for highfidelity quantum state engineering.
Tailoring Record-Breaking Laser Stability for Coordinating Precise Atomic Dances

Jun Ye's research group has developed a groundbreaking laser system with record-breaking stability, crucial for advancing quantum technologies. By combining a highly stable silicon cavity laser with a frequency comb…

Experimental setup: continuous lasing of Strontium-88 atoms.
A Symphony of Light and Atoms

In a groundbreaking study researchers at JILA have demonstrated continuous lasing and strong atom-cavity coupling using laser-cooled strontium atoms. This innovative experiment opens new avenues for precision…

Artistic rendering of topological protection of a optical lattice clock
Smoother Ticking Through Topology

In a new theoretical study, physicists at JILA and the University of Colorado Boulder have proposed a way to make the most precise clocks in the world even more robust—by weaving in the strange, protective properties…

BEC Science Cover
Thirty years of Bose-Einstein Condensates

The first Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) was first created by Eric Cornell, Carl Wieman, Mike Anderson, Jason Ensher, and Michael Matthews on June 5, 1995 in JILA at the University of Colorado Boulder. This new state…

Kendall Mehling, left, and Catie LeDesma, right, with a new kind of atom "interferometer" on the CU Boulder campus.
New quantum navigation device uses atoms to measure acceleration in 3D

In a new study, physicists at JILA and the University of Colorado Boulder have used a cloud of atoms chilled down to incredibly cold temperatures to simultaneously measure acceleration in three dimensions—a feat that…

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JILA and the University of Colorado Boulder are proud to announce that Professor Mathias Weber has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), for fundamental contributions to our understanding of molecular interactions and solvation effects in complex systems, obtained via elegant vibrational/electronic laser photodissociation spectroscopy of molecular and cluster ions in the gas phase.

  

Recent Publications

Solitons in Arbitrary Dimensions Stabilized by Photon-Mediated Interactions
1 H.. Zhang, A.. Chu, C.. Luo, J.K. Thompson, and A.M. Rey, Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, (2025).
Investigators: Ana Maria Rey | James Thompson
Quantum-State Controlled Formation of Cosmically Relevant Metallic Molecular Ions
1 G.S. Kocheril, C.. Zagorec-Marks, and H.J. Lewandowski, Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, (2025).
Investigators: Heather Lewandowski
A chip-scale atomic beam source for non-classical light
1 B.. Larsen, H.. Hensley, G.. Martinez, A.. Staron, W.. McGehee, J.. Kitching, and J.K. Thompson, (2025).
Investigators: James Thompson
Education for expanding the quantum workforce: Students perceptions of the quantum industry in an upper-division physics capstone course
1 K.A. Oliver, V.. Borish, B.R. Wilcox, and H.J. Lewandowski, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 21, (2025).
Investigators: Heather Lewandowski
Performance analysis of different photon-mediated entanglement generation schemes under optical dephasing and spectral diffusion
1 K.. Ngan, and S.. Sun, Phys. Rev. A 112, (2025).
Investigators: Shuo Sun
Measurement-induced phase transitions in monitored infinite-range interacting systems
1 A.. Delmonte, Z.. Li, G.. Passarelli, E.. Song, D.. Barberena, A.M. Rey, and R.. Fazio, Phys. Rev. Res. 7, (2025).
Investigators: Ana Maria Rey