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"We're training the next generation, not just of academic scientists, but of technological leaders" @APSphysics TV captured JILA's good side for #apsmarch. #MondayMotivation youtu.be/IfcGbCjGwwc

JILA Fellow and @CUBoulder Professor Dana Anderson is celebrating a major milestone as @infleqtion, the quantum technology company he founded, officially went public on the New York Stock Exchange! 📈 Read more: jila.colorado.edu/news-events/ne… Image credit: Infleqtion

JILA researchers, working with collaborators in Germany, have demonstrated that new crystalline mirror coatings can dramatically reduce atomic‑level noise inside optical cavities, allowing lasers to reach record‑breaking frequency stability. Read more: jila.colorado.edu/news-events/ar… @CUBoulder | @NIST | @CUArtsSciences | @CUBoulderNews

@theNAEng Congratulations! 👏

A new class of engineering leaders has arrived! Congratulations to 130 new members and 28 new international members elected to the NAE Class of 2026. Explore the full list of newly elected members and international members: ow.ly/F1xa50YctXl #NAE2026

Congratulations to Dana Anderson, JILA Fellow and Professor of @CUBoulderPhys and @CUEngineering, on his election to the National Academy of Engineering! 🎉 Read more: jila.colorado.edu/news-events/ne… @CUBoulder | @CUArtsSciences | @CUEngineering | @infleqtion | @theNAEng

JILA researchers just took a major step toward next‑gen nuclear clocks. In a new @Nature study, @JunYeJILA's team tracked thorium‑doped crystals for nearly a year and found remarkably stable nuclear transitions—key for ultra‑precise, compact clocks. Read more: jila.colorado.edu/news-events/ar… @NIST | @CUBoulder | @CUBoulderPhys | @CUArtsSciences

JILA is proud to announce that Dr. Kai Li, a researcher in the Jun Ye Group, has been named the recipient of the 2026 @EuropeanXFEL Young Scientist Award. This prestigious honor is awarded annually to an early-career scientist who has made exceptional contributions through experiments conducted at the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL), one of the world’s most advanced facilities for probing matter on atomic length and time scales. jila.colorado.edu/news-events/ne…

JILA & NIST Fellow Jun Ye named a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher for the 12th consecutive year—placing him among the top 1% of scientists worldwide. His work in precision measurement & quantum science continues to shape the future. jila.colorado.edu/news-events/ne…

A team led by JILA and @NIST Fellow Jun Ye has demonstrated a new way to boost clock precision using quantum entanglement. By making atoms "tick" in tighter unison, they’ve reduced the randomness that typically limits time measurement. Their breakthrough surpasses the Standard Quantum Limit (SQL)—a fundamental threshold in quantum physics—thanks to a method called spin entanglement. This advancement could enhance technologies like GPS, and deepen our understanding of gravity and the universe itself. jila.colorado.edu/news-events/ar…

JILA is proud to continue as a key partner in the Department of Energy’s Quantum Systems Accelerator (QSA), led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The DOE recently announced a $625 million investment to advance the next phase of the National Quantum Information Science Research Centers. Through our work in QSA and the Q-SEnSE Center, JILA plays a leading role in developing quantum technologies that will transform science and society. JILA Fellow Jun Ye leads our effort, joined by senior investigators Cindy Regal, Adam Kaufman, Ana Maria Rey, James Thompson, Murray Holland, and Xun Gao. Their expertise in quantum sensing, simulation, and precision measurement will help drive breakthroughs in scalable quantum platforms and real-world applications. jila.colorado.edu/news-events/ne…

A team led by JILA Fellows and @CUBoulder professors Margaret Murnane and Henry Kapteyn has made a significant advance to make soft X-rays more accessible: they have developed an ultrastable, scalable and repeatable method for generating soft X-ray beams using a custom-built 3-micron ultrafast laser that is focused into an anti-resonant hollow-core fiber. jila.colorado.edu/news-events/ar…

Researchers led by JILA and @NIST Fellow Jun Ye have shown how to make atomic clocks even more precise by leveraging entanglement. This allows the atoms to “tick” more in sync, reducing the randomness that usually limits how precisely we can measure time. Their results show that it’s possible to go beyond what’s known as the Standard Quantum Limit (SQL)—a fundamental barrier in quantum measurements—by using a technique called spin squeezing. This work could help improve everything from GPS systems to tests of gravity and the nature of the universe. jila.colorado.edu/news-events/ar…

JILA and @CUBoulder are proud to announce that Professor J. Mathias Weber has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (@APSphysics), for fundamental contributions to our understanding of molecular interactions and solvation effects in complex systems, obtained via elegant vibrational/electronic laser photodissociation spectroscopy of molecular and cluster ions in the gas phase. jila.colorado.edu/news-events/ne…

How can the U.S. build a workforce for the quantum technology revolution? 🔬 CU Boulder researchers conducted the largest study of its kind to find out. @CUBoulderPhys @JILAscience bit.ly/4pUOnuo

On the cover of our latest issue: A high-power 698 nm clock laser with spectrally-tailored noise properties demonstrates record-high single #qubit optical gate fidelity across 3,000 atoms, a crucial achievement for scaling up #quantum technologies. 🔗 go.aps.org/3KBuDvA

10 students from around the country joined our Physics and @JILAscience REU program @CUBoulder this summer. 🔬 Check out photos from their lab tours and learn more: colorado.edu/physics/2025/0…

Scientists at JILA led by Jun Ye have built one of the world’s most stable lasers—so precise it can guide 3000 quantum bits with record-breaking accuracy. This breakthrough could supercharge atomic clocks and quantum computers. jila.colorado.edu/news-events/ar…

Big congratulations to Chuankun Zhang, former graduate student in Jun Ye’s group at JILA, for winning the 2025 Boeing Quantum Creators Prize! His pioneering work on the thorium-229 nuclear clock is redefining precision timekeeping and pushing the boundaries of quantum science. jila.colorado.edu/news-events/ne… @NIST @CUBoulder @chicagoquantum @Boeing #BQCP2025 #CQS2025 #MidwestQuantumWeek #MidwestQuantum

In a groundbreaking study researchers at JILA have demonstrated continuous lasing and strong atom-cavity coupling using laser-cooled strontium atoms. This innovative experiment opens new avenues for precision measurement and quantum technologies, promising advancements in quantum sensing and metrology. jila.colorado.edu/news-events/ar…

Clock precision beyond the Standard Quantum Limit! 👏 ⚛️ QSA researchers @JILAscience @CUBoulder have created a super-precise atomic clock using a state-of-the-art strontium optical lattice. Access the preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2505.04538

JILA is proud to announce that Dr. Surya Pratap Deopa, Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of JILA Fellow and MCDB Professor Tom Perkins, has been honored with the 2025 @BioFrontiers Outstanding Contribution Award. This prestigious recognition celebrates Dr. Deopa’s impactful research contributions within the BioFrontiers community. jila.colorado.edu/news-events/ne…