Jun Ye

Boettner

I am a graduate student working on high-resolution mid-IR molecular spectroscopy using frequency combs. I received my undergraduate degree from Trinity College, where I worked on high-pressure nanoparticle colloids

Press Clipping: New Results from JILA Fellow Jun Ye's Thorium Project Covered in "Interesting Engineering" article

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JILA’s groundbreaking work on nuclear clocks has been highlighted in Interesting Engineering, showcasing the team’s latest advancements in ultra-precise timekeeping. Their recent study, published as an Editor's Choice paper in Physical Review Letters, explores how temperature variations affect the thorium-229 nuclear transition—an essential step toward developing a next-generation nuclear clock that could surpass the accuracy of current atomic clocks.