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Dipole-Dipole Interactions: Observing A New Clock Systematic Shift

Atomic dipoles on a lattice interact to produce an observable spatially varying frequency shift (shown as blue to red).

B-C-S—Easy as I, II, III: Unveiling Dynamic Superconductivity

Researchers observed the dynamic phases of BCS superconductor interactions in a Cavity QED by measuring the light leakage from the cavity.

JILA Fellow Murray Holland awarded a Translational Quantum Research Seed Grant Administered by CU Boulder

JILA Fellow and CU Physics Professor Murray Holland

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Building on JILA’s Legacy of Laser Precision

A schematic of a laser going through an AOM, which sends sound waves into a silicon cavity.

The Tale of Two Clocks: Advancing the Precision of Timekeeping

A photo of the atomic clock setup complete with the bisecting cavity.

Groundbreaking "Tabletop" Physics Experiments Receive Major Funding, with JILA and NIST Fellow Jun Ye Leading Key Project

JILA's three-dimensional (3-D) quantum gas atomic clock consists of a grid of light formed by three pairs of laser beams. Multiple lasers of various colors are used to cool the atoms, trap them in a grid of light, and probe them for clock operation. A blue laser beam excites a cube-shaped cloud of strontium atoms. Strontium atoms fluorescence strongly when excited with blue light, as seen in the upper right corner behind the vacuum window.

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JILA Graduate Student Anjun Chu Wins Prestigious Boeing Quantum Creators Prize

The Boeing Quantum Creators Prize is awarded at the annual Chicago Quantum Summit hosted by the Chicago Quantum Exchange

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Creating the “Goldilocks” Zone: Making Special-Shaped Light

A rendering of two differently polarized lasers used to create elliptical polarization

Unlocking the Secrets of Spin with High-Harmonic Probes

Tunable ultrafast XUV HHG captures the competing dynamics of spin-flips and spin-transfers in a Heusler Co2MnGa compound.

A Drum Sounding Both Hot and Cold

A SiN resonator under localized heating. Different modes have different effective temperatures depending on the spatial overlap between the local temperature and the dissipation density of the mode.

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