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The Fastest Vortex in the West

Two time-delayed infrared vortex laser pulses (upper-left) impinge on a gas target to generate coherent, extreme ultraviolet light with a time-dependent orbital angular momentum (right); the self-torque of light.

Chris Greene, former JILA Fellow, named to National Academy of Sciences

Chris Greene, Purdue professor of physics and astronomy and former JILA Fellow

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The Snowflake of Insulators

A film reel of 4 frames shows an artist's depiction of atoms in a start shape being blasted by a laser and then responding

Congrats to Jeremy Thurston for Being Awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in Spring 2019

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The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based Master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions.