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An NSF-sponsored partnership between FIU Physics and JILA Physics Frontier Center (PFC) for research excellence and diversity in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) Physics. Click diagram for a larger image.
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Recent Publications
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).
Many-Body Gap Protection against Motional Dephasing of an Optical Clock Transition
1 Z.. Niu, V.. Schäfer, H.. Zhang, C.. Wagner, N.. Taylor, D.. Young, E.. Song, A.. Chu, A.M. Rey, and J.K. Thompson, Physical Review Letters 134, (2025).
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).
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).
Termination of bottom-up interstellar aromatic ring formation at C6H5+
1 G.S. Kocheril, C.. Zagorec-Marks, and H.J. Lewandowski, Nature Astronomy (2025).
Continuous recoil-driven lasing and cavity frequency pinning with laser-cooled atoms
1 V.. Schäfer, Z.. Niu, J.R.K. Cline, D.. Young, E.. Song, H.. Ritsch, and J.K. Thompson, Nature Physics (2025).
The Physics Frontiers Centers (PFC) program supports university-based centers and institutes where the collective efforts of a larger group of individuals can enable transformational advances in the most promising research areas. The program is designed to foster major breakthroughs at the intellectual frontiers of physics by providing needed resources such as combinations of talents, skills, disciplines, and/or specialized infrastructure, not usually available to individual investigators or small groups, in an environment in which the collective efforts of the larger group can be shown to be seminal to promoting significant progress in the science and the education of students. PFCs also include creative, substantive activities aimed at enhancing education, broadening participation of traditionally underrepresented groups, and outreach to the scientific community and general public.