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JILA and University of Colorado Boulder Physics Alum Dr. Olivia Krohn is Awarded the 2025 APS Global Summit Thesis Prize

JILA and CU Boulder Physics alum Dr. Olivia Krohn has been awarded the Thesis Prize at the 2025 APS Global Summit

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Dialing in the Temperature Needed for Precise Nuclear Timekeeping

A thorium-doped calcium fluoride crystal's temperature is continually monitored while a VUV frequency comb is used to directly resolve individual quantum states of the nuclear transition.

Using Frequency Combs to Detect Molecules in Your Breath

An artist's depiction of the frequency comb's molecular detection in vapor

Sneaky Clocks: Uncovering Einstein’s Relativity in an Interacting Atomic Playground

An optical lattice clock)embedded in the curved spacetime formed by the earth’s gravity. Dynamical interplay between photon-mediated interactions and gravitational redshift can lead to entanglement generation and frequency synchronization dynamics.

Quantum Billiard Balls: Digging Deeper into Light-Assisted Atomic Collisions

Exploiting the hyperfine structure in repulsive light-assisted collisions (LAC) on a 87-Rubidium atom pair in an optical tweezer.

Tracking Magnetic Field Directions Using Tiny Atomic Compasses

Cells with around 100 billion rubidium atoms are exposed to microwave signals, which help to determine the atoms' magnetic fields

Building a Safer and More Affordable Nuclear Clock

A schematic of the deposition process, as thorium ions get vaporized then deposited in a thin film on the substrate's surface.

Creating a Global Map of Different Physics Laboratory Classes

World map of number of survey responses. Shown on a log scale, each colored country has at least one response; countries in gray have no responses.

JILA and NIST Fellow and University of Colorado Physics Professor Jun Ye Recognized as 2024 Highly Cited Researcher

JILA and NIST Fellow and CU Boulder physics professor Jun Ye has been awarded a 2024 Highly Cited Researcher status by Clarivate

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JILA and NIST Fellow and CU Boulder Physics professor Jun Ye Featured in new NOVA Documentary

Photo of Jun Ye

Read more about JILA and NIST Fellow and CU Boulder Physics professor Jun Ye Featured in new NOVA Documentary

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