About the Quantum Physics Division
The Division, part of NIST's
Physics Laboratory, participates in
JILA, a
cooperative enterprise between NIST and the University of Colorado (CU).
The Division conducts long-term, cutting edge research in quantum physics and
related areas in support of the Nation's science and technology.
|
Activities |
|
Technical
Activities |
|
Staff
directory |
|
Publications |
|
Postdoctoral positions |
Research at JILA |
|
Note: We have provided links to these sites because they have information
that may be of interest to our users. NIST does not necessarily endorse the
views expressed or the facts presented on these sites. Further, NIST does not
endorse any commercial products that may be advertised or available on these
sites. |
|
|
| |
Research
Areas The Quantum Physics Division works on fundamental, highly accurate,
measurements and theoretical analyses, using quantum physics, quantum optics,
chemical physics, gravitational physics, and geophysical
measurements. In particular, the Division:
|
|
develops
the laser as a precise measurement tool;
|
|
determines fundamental constants and tests the fundamental
postulates of physics;
|
|
exploits Bose-Einstein condensation as well as quantum degenerate
Fermi gases for metrology and low temperature physics;
|
|
investigates new ways to direct and control atoms and molecules;
|
|
characterizes chemical processes and their interactions with
nanostructures;
|
|
studies the interaction of ultrashort light pulses with matter;
and
|
|
measures nanometer scale motion of biological
molecules.
|
Privacy Policy |
Security Notice | Accessibility | Disclaimer | FOIA
Online: March 1998
Last update: August 2007
|
|
|
Photo by
Lindy Hall
Long-time NIST Physicist
Wins Nobel Prize: John
(Jan) L. Hall, a JILA Fellow and long-time member of the Quantum
Physics Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
has won the Nobel Prize along with two other researchers.
|
Dr. Deborah Jin
|
Technical inquiries:
Steven Cundiff
National Institute of Standards and Technology
JILA A231
Boulder, CO 80309-0440
Website comments:
Feedback |
|
|