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JILA Joins DOE’s Quantum Systems Accelerator for Next Phase of Quantum Innovation

A round glass cell (centre, in black frame) is designed to hold a gas of molecules cooled to 50 billionths of a Kelvin.

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David joined the group as a postdoctoral researcher in the fall of 2025. He conducted his doctoral studies at the University of Hamburg, Institute for Quantum Physics in the group of Prof.

Smoother Ticking Through Topology

Kwan

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Joyce joined the group as a postdoct

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.