Hur Joonseok
Dr. Joonseok Hur
I am a postdoc working on making atomic clocks more precise by quantum-mechanically entangling many atoms. My current focus is to push the precision of a cavity-assisted spin-squeezed Strontium lattice clock beyond the theoretical limit for non-entangled atoms used in conventional clocks. My broader research interest is to use the unprecedented precision of AMO-physics experiments to explore the fundamental nature of the Universe and potentially reveal new physics.
I earned my Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the supervision of Prof. Vladan Vuletić, where I worked on using singly ionized Ytterbium (Yb+) atoms in an ion trap as a probe for Beyond-Standard-Model physics.
Email
jhur@jila.colorado.edu
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