Principal Investigator

In our lab, we investigate how to apply the tools of atomic, molecular, and optical physics to  the microscopic study of quantum systems.

Eric Cornell is a Fellow of JILA, and an Adjoint Professor in the CU Physics Department.  He works for the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Affiliations

• Professor, Physics 
• Faculty Director, CUbit Quantum Initiative Education and Workforce
• Fellow, JILA

Research

Shuo Sun is an associate fellow of JILA and an assistant professor of the Department of Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder. He obtained his BS in 2011 from Zhejiang University, China, and obtained his MS and PhD in 2015 and 2016 from the University of Maryland, College park. During his PhD, he developed the first spin-photon quantum switch and the first single-photon transistor using a solid-state spin. Before joining the faculty of JILA and the University of Colorado Boulder in 2020, Dr.

My research interests are in the scientific interface between atomic, molecular and optical physics, condensed matter physics and quantum information science. Specifically, on ways of developing new techniques for controlling quantum systems and then using them in various applications ranging from quantum simulations/information to time and frequency standards.

Our research group explores the frontier of light-matter interactions. Precisely controlled lasers enable our communications with microscopically engineered quantum systems of atoms and molecules. By preparing matter in specific quantum states, and using probe light with the longest coherence time and precisely controlled waveform, we strive to make fundamental scientific discoveries and develop new enabling technologies.