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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…

Tunable Superexchange interactions in a 3D optical clock
The Pursuit of Perfect Timekeeping

In a recent study published in Science, by JILA and NIST Fellows and University of Colorado Boulder physics professors Jun Ye and Ana Maria Rey, interactions between atoms are explored in depth,…

Molecules sparsely occupy a deep 3D optical lattice. Molecules interact with induced dipole moments and transition dipole moments represented by squiggly lines between lattice sites. Lowering the lattice depth in the horizontal direction allows tunneling between sites within layers.
Where Motion Meets Spin: A Quantum Leap in Simulating Magnetism

The strange behaviors of high-temperature superconductors—materials that conduct electricity without resistance above the boiling point of liquid nitrogen—and other systems with unusual magnetic properties have…

Simulation using the gradiometer protocol
Combining Machine Learning with Quantum Metrology: Making a Universal Quantum Sensor

Researchers at JILA and the University of Colorado Boulder have developed an innovative platform that combines machine learning with atom interferometry to create a universal quantum sensor. This system uses…

Teleporting quantum information stored in collective spin states of ions within a two-dimensional crystal
Quantum Teleportation Gets an Ionic 2D Upgrade

Researchers at JILA, led by Ana Maria Rey, developed a new protocol for teleporting quantum information in collective spin states of ions within a two-dimensional crystal. This involves entangling ion groups through…

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Professor Cindy Regal, Baur-SPIE Chair at JILA, has been named a 2025 Brown Investigator by the Brown Institute for Basic Sciences at Caltech.

  

Recent Publications

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
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
Affordances and challenges of incorporating a remote, cloud-accessible quantum experiment into undergraduate courses
1 V.. Borish, and H.J. Lewandowski, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 21, (2025).
Investigators: Heather Lewandowski
Outcomes from a workshop on a national center for quantum education
1 E.. Barnes, M.. Bennett, A.. Boltasseva, V.. Borish, B.. Brown, L.D. Carr, R.. Ceballos, F.. Dukes, E.. Easton, S.E. Economou, E.. Edwards, N.D. Finkelstein, C.. Fracchiolla, D.. Franklin, J.K. Freericks, V.. Goss, M.. Hannum, N.. Holincheck, A.. Kelly, O.. Lanes, H.J. Lewandowski, K.. Matsler, E.. Mercurio, I.. Montaño, M.. Murdock, K.. Peltz, J.. Perron, C.. Richardson, J.. Rosenberg, R.. Ross, M.. Ryu, R.. Samuel, N.. Schrode, S.. Schwamberger, T.A. Searles, C.. Singh, A.. Tingle, and B.M. Zwickl, EPJ Quantum Technol. 12, (2025).
Investigators: Heather Lewandowski
Termination of bottom-up interstellar aromatic ring formation at C6H5+
1 G.S. Kocheril, C.. Zagorec-Marks, and H.J. Lewandowski, Nature Astronomy (2025).
Investigators: Heather Lewandowski
Time-Resolved Spectral Gap Spectroscopy in a Quantum Simulator of Fermionic Superfluidity inside an Optical Cavity
1 D.. Young, E.. Song, A.. Chu, D.. Barberena, Z.. Niu, V.. Schäfer, R.J. Lewis-Swan, A.M. Rey, and J.K. Thompson, Physical Review Letters 134, (2025).
Investigators: James Thompson | Ana Maria Rey