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JILA Collaboration Makes Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics into a Team Sport

For the past several years, an experimental research group led by JILA Fellow James Thompson and a theoretical research group led by JILA…

An ultrastable, scalable and repeatable method for generating soft X-ray beams using a custom-built 3-micron ultrafast laser that is focused into an anti-resonant hollow-core fiber.
Resonant Frequencies: Playing the Edge of Light with a 3-micron Baton

A team led by JILA Fellows and CU Boulder professors Margaret Murnane and Henry Kapteyn has made a significant advance to make soft X-rays more accessible: with their research group, they have developed an…

Artistic representation of an atomic clock breaking the Standard Quantum Limit
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…

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Latest News

JILA and NIST Fellow Jun Ye has once again been recognized as one of the world’s most influential scientists. For the 12th year in a row, Ye has earned a place on the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list, an honor reserved for researchers whose work ranks among the top 1% of citations globally across their fields.

  

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
Realization of three- and four-body interactions between momentum states in a cavity
1 C.. Luo, H.. Zhang, C.. Maruko, E.. Bohr, A.. Chu, A.M. Rey, and J.K. Thompson, Science 390, (2025).
Investigators: James Thompson | Ana Maria Rey
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