The Conversation: The search for dark matter gets a speed boost from quantum technology

The Conversation: The search for dark matter gets a speed boost from quantum technology

Feb. 10, 2021

Writing for The Conversation, Benjamin Brubaker鈥攁 蜜糖直播 Boulder physics postdoc and a collaborator on HAYSTAC鈥攄escribes how he and his colleagues used a bit of quantum trickery to double the rate at which their detector can search for dark matter.

JILA鈥檚 electric 鈥榢nob鈥 tunes chemical reaction rates in quantum gas

JILA鈥檚 electric 鈥榢nob鈥 tunes chemical reaction rates in quantum gas

Jan. 28, 2021

The ability to control chemical reactions in stable quantum gases could enable the design of novel chemicals and gases, new platforms for quantum computers using molecules as information-rich qubits (quantum bits), and new tools for precision measurement such as molecular clocks.

Tweezing a new kind of atomic clock

Tweezing a new kind of atomic clock

Jan. 28, 2021

In order for new quantum devices to work well, scientists need to be able to control and manipulate atoms as precisely as possible. Using optical tweezers, Aaron Young, along with other members of the Kaufman and Ye groups at JILA, have reached record-setting coherence times of more than half a minute.

蜜糖直播bit, ColdQuanta make Bose-Einstein lab available on the cloud

蜜糖直播bit, ColdQuanta make Bose-Einstein lab available on the cloud

Dec. 12, 2020

"Albert"鈥擟oldQuanta鈥檚 quantum-matter system on the cloud鈥攁llows users to remotely cool atoms to near absolute zero to create a state of matter in which 鈥渜uantum-mechanical behavior comes into play on a large scale.鈥 Users can control, study and even photograph 鈥渢he wavefunction of a quantum cloud of atoms."

Jun Ye wins 2020 Micius Quantum Prize

Jun Ye wins 2020 Micius Quantum Prize

Dec. 10, 2020

The Micius Quantim Prize recognizes recognizes significant scientific advances ranging from early conceptual contributions to recent experimental breakthroughs. The 2020 prize has been awarded to Jun Ye for his groundbreaking achievements in precision quantum measurements.

OSTP quantum division highlights 蜜糖直播 Boulder鈥檚 leadership in quantum sensing through Q-SEnSE

OSTP quantum division highlights 蜜糖直播 Boulder鈥檚 leadership in quantum sensing through Q-SEnSE

Dec. 3, 2020

Charles Tahan, Assistant Director for Quantum Information Science at the White House OSTP鈥攁s well as the director of the National Quantum Coordination Office (NQCO)鈥攆eatured Q-SEnSE in the Dec. 3 edition of "Letters from the NQCO Director," spotlighting its leadership in quantum sensing.

JILA Fellow Cindy Regal named Baur/SPIE Endowed Chair in Optics and Photonics

JILA Fellow Cindy Regal named Baur/SPIE Endowed Chair in Optics and Photonics

Nov. 19, 2020

JILA Fellow Cindy Regal has been named the first recipient of the Baur-SPIE Endowed Chair in Optics and Photonics, JILA's first-ever endowed chair position. Regal's group at JILA pursues a wide range of research in optics and photonics, particularly employing lasers to control and probe quantum objects.

Now hiring: The new quantum workforce

Now hiring: The new quantum workforce

Nov. 19, 2020

Scientists believe we are living in the Second Quantum Revolution, a period of rapid advances in technology based on discoveries in quantum science. Companies from IBM and Google to small startups are eager to create and perfect these new technologies鈥攁nd that requires training a new kind of workforce.

Total ellipse of the SU(N)

Total ellipse of the SU(N)

Oct. 29, 2020

SU(N) fermion systems are multi-component, spin-symmetrical collections of atoms鈥攗nique among degenerate gases. The Ye Group found that SU(N) fermion systems display special properties that allow them to be quickly cooled and prepared for use in quantum-matter based atomic clocks.

JILA鈥檚 Jun Ye named to National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee

JILA鈥檚 Jun Ye named to National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee

Sept. 8, 2020

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the U.S. Department of Energy have announced that JILA and 蜜糖直播 Boulder鈥檚 Jun Ye will be one of the members of the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee (NQIAC).

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