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What's Happening at JQI

Tiny New Lasers Fill a Long-Standing Gap in Visible-Light Colors, Opening New Applications

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We conduct curiosity-driven research that explores the most basic building blocks of nature with an eye toward potential applications in information science and technology.  

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  • An array of black and white dots are connected by lines forming a chaotic network. A woman balances on one foot on one of the dots.

    Nobel Prize Celebrates Interplay of Physics and AI

    October 11, 2024
  • A man in a blue t-shirt stands on a balcony with trees in the background.

    Leaning into Lidar

    September 16, 2024
  • 18 faces are shown in black and white in individual squares. 3 of the squares are slightly larger and have colored backgrounds.

    Gorshkov Named Finalist for 2024 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists

    September 12, 2024
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Our Research

  • Many-Body Physics

    Some of the most intriguing physics happens when individual particles team up, giving rise to emergent collective properties.

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    Quantum Information and Computing

    JQI physicists are investigating promising quantum computing architectures as well as developing methods to control quantum effects that can be exploited to process information in new ways.

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    Quantum Measurement and Control

    Creating quantum states on demand and controlling them is a critical component to developing practical quantum-based devices.

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The ultimate vision is that the type of metrology that exists now in a NIST laboratory might actually be able to exist, even if it's a couple of orders of magnitude worse, outside of the lab.

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Kartik Srinivasan
Adjunct Professor

Outreach & Education

JQI Fellows, postdocs, and students actively engage our community and the broader public in science.

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PFC-supported parametric downconversion demo at the 2016 USASEF. Credit: C. Cesare/JQI
PFC-supported parametric downconversion USASEF demo. Credit: C. Cesare/JQI

Want to Become a Part of Our Team?

The Joint Quantum Institute offers research opportunities for undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. JQI is located on campus at the University of Maryland, College Park, but researchers may work at NIST or the UMD campus. 

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