Latest Lab News
Strontium atoms trapped in a crystal of light
Xin, Jack, Haoran, and Brett have successfully trapped strontium atoms in an optical lattice for the first time! (The first time in our lab, this is already a very well established technique in experimental atomic …
June 10, 2020Aedan and Matt’s paper published in Physical Review Applied!
Congratulations to Aedan and Matt, whose paper “Fast relaxation on qutrit transitions of nitrogen-vacancy centers in nanodiamonds” has now been published online in Physical Review Applied! For those who don’t have access to the journal, a …
March 5, 2020Kolkowitz lab becomes the coldest place in Wisconsin!
As mentioned in a previous post, for the past few months the cloud of atoms in the center of the strontium optical lattice clock vacuum chamber in the Kolkowitz lab has held the (somewhat dubious) …
February 14, 2020Shimon’s “quantum seal” paper with Shelby Kimmel published in Physical Review A!
Shimon’s paper with co-author Professor Shelby Kimmel of Middlebury College, “No-go bounds for quantum seals,” was published online in Physical Review A today. The paper is a theoretical analysis of the feasibility of “quantum seals.” And …
November 21, 2019Aedan and Matt’s paper posted on the arXiv!
Congratulations to Aedan and Matt, whose paper “Fast relaxation on magnetic-dipole-forbidden spin transitions of nitrogen-vacancy centers in nanodiamonds” has now been posted to the arXiv!
November 5, 2019- More News
Welcome to the Kolkowitz Lab! Our lab focuses on metrology, tests of fundamental physics, and nanoscale sensing using quantum systems.
In particular, we are building some of the most precise clocks in the world out of ultracold strontium atoms trapped in optical lattices. We are investigating ways to make these “optical lattice clocks” even more precise and accurate. We are also developing novel applications of these amazing instruments, including new tests of relativity, space-based gravitational wave detectors, and searches for dark matter and other physics beyond the Standard Model.
We are also researching new sensing techniques using single atom-scale defects trapped inside of diamonds. We are developing new protocols using spatial and temporal correlations between these defects to probe correlated dynamics in strongly interacting condensed matter systems. We are also investigating applications for new and under-explored defects in diamond and 2D materials.
The group wiki can be found here: https://wiki.physics.wisc.edu/KolkowitzLab. The front page is accessible to everyone, but the content is only accessible to group members with an account.