Lighting a Path for Clock and Fundamental Physics

This seminar features Dr. Jun Ye from JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Colorado Boulder, discussing how laser and quantum science have revolutionized atomic and fundamental physics. Explore how scaling up quantum systems promises to transform atomic clock performance and create new discovery opportunities. Learn about quantum technology that has enabled minute-long coherence times for tens of thousands of atoms, achieving unprecedented measurement precision and accuracy. Discover how the combination of ultrafast optics and precision metrology has created new tools for nuclear physics, including the breakthrough of quantum-state-resolved laser spectroscopy of the thorium-229 nuclear transition. See how quantum metrology's expansion across physics is generating new approaches for testing fundamental natural laws and searching for new physics.