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CU Boulder has announced seven winners of the 2023-2024 translational quantum research seed grants, incentivizing quantum science and technology innovations launched from the lab to accelerate them along the development path to new programs and businesses.
After simulating superconductivity in an excited state using an atom-cavity system, research teams at JILA have observed three distinct phases of superconducting dynamics, including a rare “Phase III” featuring persistent oscillatory behavior predicted by condensed matter physics theorists but never before observed.
In quantum computer chips, information can quickly jumble up, like the cream in your morning coffee. However, Rahul Nandkishore (Physics) and his team have demonstrated that scientists can create a scenario where the milk and coffee never mix, potentially expanding the memory capabilities of quantum chips.
In a new Optica paper, Jun Ye (Physics, JILA) and his team, working with JILA electronic staff member Ivan Ryger and Hall, implemented a new approach for the Pound-Drever-Hall (PDH) method, reducing RAM to never-before-seen minimal levels while making the system more robust and simpler.
Senator Hickenlooper was given a brief tour of JILA, meeting with several instrument makers to see equipment purchased with congressionally directed spending. The senator then engaged in a comprehensive roundtable discussion with Colorado leaders in the quantum computing industry and academic sectors.
Four major foundations have launched a collaborative funding effort totaling $30 million for 11 pioneering "tabletop" experiments. One of the awarded experiments, led by JILA and NIST Fellow Jun Ye and his research team, involves the development of ultra-precise atomic clocks.
"A physicist's goal is to answer a core scientific question that we don’t have an answer to," says Rieker. "And an engineer’s goal is to solve a problem for which we don’t have a solution. Q-SEnSE ... [brings] those two states of mind together, helping us bridge technology in a way that I don't think has been possible before."
While many physicists focus on qubits found in nature, such as atoms and ions, JILA Associate Fellow and CU Boulder Professor Shuo Sun (Physics) is taking a different approach by studying “artificial atoms,” or semiconducting nanocrystals with unique electronic properties.
The award celebrates early-career researchers who have significantly contributed to the advancement of quantum information science and engineering. Chu, a member of the theory group led by Ana Maria Rey (JILA, NIST), was awarded for his groundbreaking research in quantum many-body dynamics.
In a prestigious acknowledgment of scientific impact, JILA and NIST Fellow Jun Ye has been awarded the 2023 "Highly Cited" researcher designation from Clarivate. This notable recognition is bestowed upon researchers whose work ranks in the top 1% of citations for their field.