Quantum Information Science & Technology

Jun Ye, a JILA and NIST Fellow and CU Boulder Professor of Physics, and his team have made headlines in Quanta Magazine for their groundbreaking work on nuclear timekeeping. Graduate student Chuankun Zhang led the team in observing a thorium-229 nuclear transition—an elusive process that could redefine how we measure time.

In the latest episode of the "Humans of JILA" podcast, we take an in-depth look at the CUbit Quantum Initiative, an organization at the University of Colorado Boulder. CUbit is at the forefront of quantum research, education, and workforce development, serving as a vital bridge between academia, industry, and government. 

JILA's recent advancements in the precision of strontium optical lattice clocks have garnered significant recognition, with Physics World Magazine highlighting their achievement. The research team from JILA and the University of Colorado, Boulder, has set a new record in measuring the frequency of an optical lattice clock with an unprecedented systematic uncertainty of 8.1 × 10⁻¹⁹. This level of precision is equivalent to a fraction of a second over the entire universe age, underscoring the importance of this development in the field of atomic clocks.