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Entangled Time: Pushing Atomic Clocks Beyond the Standard Quantum Limit

Artistic representation of an atomic clock breaking the Standard Quantum Limit

JILA’s Mathias Weber Named Fellow of the American Physical Society

Mathias Weber

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Tailoring Record-Breaking Laser Stability for Coordinating Precise Atomic Dances

3D optical lattice clock platform for highfidelity quantum state engineering.

JILA Graduate Student Chuankun Zhang Wins 2025 Boeing Quantum Creators Prize

Chuankun Zhang

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A Symphony of Light and Atoms

Experimental setup: continuous lasing of Strontium-88 atoms.

Jun Ye Awarded 2025 AB Nexus Grant for Quantum-Focused Research Collaborations

Using quantum sensing to detect pneumonia and asthma in children.

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Smoother Ticking Through Topology

Artistic rendering of topological protection of a optical lattice clock

Thirty years of Bose-Einstein Condensates

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New quantum navigation device uses atoms to measure acceleration in 3D

Kendall Mehling, left, and Catie LeDesma, right, with a new kind of atom "interferometer" on the CU Boulder campus.

The Pursuit of Perfect Timekeeping

Tunable Superexchange interactions in a 3D optical clock

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