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JILA Fellow Shuo Sun has been awarded an NSF Quantum Interconnect Challenges for Transformational Advances in Quantum Systems (QuIC-TAQS) grant to explore innovative and unique ideas for applying and developing quantum science in the specific area of quantum interconnection.

During the Sept. 9 session, Makotyn spoke on the Colorado Front Range quantum ecosystem, including CU's role in quantum research; quantum sensing and computing; what quantum computing is (and isn't) and its applications across a variety of industries and problems.

Jun Ye, fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and professor adjoint of physics at CU Boulder, has been awarded the 2022 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for his pioneering research on atomic clocks. Ye has been a physicist at JILA for more than 20 years.

Using an ultrafast optics tool called a “time lens,” Professor Baowen Li and his colleagues have demonstrated that they can measure the arrival of photons with a precision that’s more than 100 times better than existing tools. The team’s invention could lead to big improvements in a range of imaging technologies.

UNM Regents' Professor Ivan Deutsch, a collaborator with the CU Boulder-led Q-SEnSE, will lead the Center for Quantum Information and Control (CQuIC). The center will not only lead to advances in QIS, but new educational opportunities for the next generation of scientists as well.

Physicists at NIST, including JILA Fellow Ana Maria Rey, have entangled the mechanical motion and electronic properties of a tiny blue crystal, giving it a quantum edge in measuring electric fields with record sensitivity that may enhance our understanding of the universe.

Two physicists at the CU Boulder and the Colorado School of Mines have received a $1M grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to develop a first-of-its-kind quantum simulator that could lead to the development of a high-performance quantum computer.

“We've released two commercial systems, system model H0 and H1, and I'm building and getting ready for the next model, H2,” said Sara Campbell, who worked on cutting-edge physics projects during her PhD at JILA. As the quantum computing sector swells with activity, Campbell’s job becomes more important than ever.

After successfully trapping and addressing 100 qubits in a large, dense 2D cold atom array, ColdQuanta's digital gate-based quantum computer is on track to massively scale qubit count beyond what is possible with other approaches.

As quantum technology is quickly being developed and commercialized, misunderstandings abound in the public sphere. Writers, scientists and citizens need to be aware of how to most effectively communicate an appreciation of the true science of quantum physics.