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Kwan

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Making a Leap by Using “Another State to Entangle”

Schematic of the multi-level atomic array structure used in this study

Thompson Group Beats Lehnert Group in a Badminton Tournament for the JILA Cup

A photo of the final scoreboard in the badminton tournament for the JILA Cup

In a spirited competition, the Thompson group, led by JILA and NIST Fellow and CU Boulder physics professor James Thompson, emerged victorious in the much-anticipated JILA Cup Badminton Tournament. The competition pitted the Thompson group against the Lehnert group, led by JILA Fellow Adjoint Konrad Lehnert, now at Yale University.

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To Measure or Not to Measure, but Dynamically Evolve—That is the Question

A scale with two different cavities on it

Chew

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Huzjak

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JILA Alumnus Dr. Matthew Norcia is Awarded the IUPAP Early Career Scientist Prize in Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics 2024

Lab photo.

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Twisting and Binding Matter Waves with Photons in a Cavity

Atoms inside of an optical cavity exchange their momentum states by "playing catch" with photons. As the atoms absorb photons from an applied laser, the whole cloud of atoms recoil rather than the individual atoms.

Rb: Small Cavities Experiment

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Learn how we are working to make hot atoms and light cooperate.

Hensley

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