Event Date:
May 7, 2026
Speaker:
Jun Ye
Laser and quantum science have fueled revolutionary developments in atomic and fundamental physics. Scaling up quantum systems has drastically enhanced the performance of atomic clocks. Quantum technology brings tens of thousands of atoms to minute-long coherence, enabling a new regime for measurement precision. Quantum entanglement is advancing the clock performance beyond the standard quantum limit. The precise control of light-matter interactions opens new opportunities to probe fundamental and emerging phenomena, and a new generation of stable lasers is realizing an improved time scale.
Speaker Bio:
Jun Ye is a Fellow of JILA, a Fellow of NIST, a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of APS, and a Fellow of OPTICA. His research focuses on the development of new tools for light-matter interactions and their applications in precision measurement, quantum science, ultracold matter, and frequency metrology. He has co-authored over 450 scientific papers and delivered over 750 invited talks. Among his awards and honors are 5 Gold Medals from the U.S. Commerce Department, Micius Quantum Prize, N.F. Ramsey Prize, I.I. Rabi Prize, I.I. Rabi Award, W.F. Meggers Award, and US Presidential Rank Award (Distinguished). He is a Foreign Member of Austrian Academy of Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Frew Fellow of Australian Academy of Science. His recent honors include the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, Berthold Leibinger Future Prize, Niels Bohn Institute Medal of Honour, and the Herbert Walther Award. He has been a Highly Cited Researcher (Top 1%) every year from 2014 to present (Clarivate Analytics/Thomson Reuters).
