Precision Measurement

Many researchers at JILA and CU Boulder study phonons—tiny quantum packets of sound that play a crucial role in condensed matter physics and quantum materials. To unite this growing research community, JILA scientists established the CU Phonon Club, a collaborative space for sharing insights through regular seminars.

Among the brilliantly technical and creative minds JILA is home to, postdoctoral researcher Jake Higgins applies the best of both worlds to their work in the group of JILA and NIST Fellow and University of Colorado Boulder physics professor Jun Ye. Leveraging their multi-disciplinary background, Higgins is advancing nuclear clock technology.

JILA and NIST Fellow and CU Boulder Physics Professor Jun Ye and his team have been featured in a recent Interesting Engineering article for their work on nuclear clocks using thorium thin films.