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Physical Measurement Laboratory /Quantum Measurement Division

Quantum Optics Group

Our group studies and develops techniques relying on quantum optics and quantum optics-based components for new measurement capability, improved metrological accuracy, and quantum information applications.

Two photon light created by parametric down conversion

Two Photon Light
optomechanics

Optomechanics

News and Updates

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When Atoms Don’t Blend In

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and colleagues at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have prepared and controlled a

Projects and Programs

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Applications of Quantum Information

Ongoing
Theory is being developed and used to devise methods for preserving and exploiting the quantum behavior of ever-larger systems for metrology, communication, and
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Memory

Ongoing
Critical to quantum information applications is the need to store a quantum state while other qbits are created or processed.

Publications

Software

Awards

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