Welcome!

We are a research lab at Caltech that uses lasers to control atoms and molecules for table-top experiments in fundamental nuclear and particle physics, by using and developing techniques that also have applications to quantum information, computation, chemistry, and many-body systems.  There are openings for research positions and internships at all levels - undergraduate, masters, graduate, and post-doc.

News

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6 March 2023

Paper on molecular repump spectroscopy submitted to the arXiv.

21 February 2023

ITAMP Winter School 2023 slides can be found here

13 February 2023

"Non-resonant cavity for intensity buildup of multiple lasers" posted to the arXiv.

7 February 2023

"Opportunities for Fundamental Physics Research with Radioactive Molecules" posted to the arXiv.

25 January 2023

Welcome to the newest member of our lab - cold radium!

22 January 2023

Paper on quantum control in trapped polyatomic molecules for eEDM searches posted to arXiv.

11 January 2023

Happy New Year!

Paper on characterizing the YbOH bending mode submitted to the arXiv.

1 December 2022

Paper on photon cycling in polyatomic molecules with multiple valence electrons published in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.

29 November 2022

Paper on molecular enhancement factors for P, T-violating eEDM in BaCH3 and YbCH3 symmetric top molecules published in PRA.

4 August 2022

Congratulations, Dr. Nick Pilgram!

4 August 2022

Paper on molecular enhancement factors for P, T-violating eEDM in BaCH3 and YbCH3 symmetric top molecules posted to the arXiv.

1 August 2022

We are excited to welcome the inaugural HSRC (hybrid summer research connection) class to Caltech.

22 June 2022

FUTURE 2022 will be held at Caltech September 12-13, 2022.   Please consider nominating rising Junior or Senior Undergraduate Women who are interested in pursuing a physics PhD.  The program is broadly inclusive of trans and genderqueer women, femmes, and gender non-confirming/non-binary students.  Nominations must be submitted by August 1, 2022.  Click here to learn more and apply.

2 June 2022

Congratulations to Katerina Gorou for winning the Richard P. Schuster Memorial Prize, and to Adrian Lopez for winning the 2022 Robert F. Christy Prize for an Outstanding Senior in Theoretical Physics, and to both of them for winning the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!

25 May 2022

Paper on optical cycling in polyatomic molecules with multiple valence electrons posted on the arXiv.

1 April 2022

Welcome to the group, Adele, Alex, Chi, Nachiket, and Zitian!

5 November 2021

The Caltech Quantum Science and Engineering website is now live! 

19 October 2021

Congratulations for Phelan Yu for being awarded an Eddleman Graduate Fellow through the IQIM!

24 September 2021

We will once again be teaching Ph 137a, Atoms and Photons, in person!  Click here for more information.

22 September 2021

Consider applying to the Postdoctoral Prize Fellowships in Experimental Physics.

13 July 2021
Our research was featured in a popular science article: Designer Molecules May Provide Clues to Universe’s Biggest Unsolved Mysteries by Autumn Brower

30 June 2021
Welcome Summer Research Connection 2021!

29 June 2021
Fine and hyperfine interactions in 171YbOH and 173YbOH paper published in the Journal of Chemical Physics.

26 June 2021
Please attend the virtual workshop New Opportunities for Fundamental Physics Research with Radioactive Molecules

17 May 2021
SiPM crosstalk paper published in Optics Express.

21 August 2020
Digital whiteboard teaching demo using OneNote posted on YouTube as part of the Caltech Adaptable Teaching Series

You can also click here to view some notes about how to use OneNote as a digital whiteboard for teaching.  Some of the specifics are tailored to Caltech, but hopefully the notes are easily applied elsewhere.  Watch the video above for a description of the advantages of this approach, but a primary advantage is the ability to have all the notes be viewable in a browser window in real time.  In other words, students can "scroll back" and see what you wrote a few minutes ago.

10 July 2020
Hello Summer Research Connection!

22 June 2020

Welcome SURF and WAVE students!

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Researchers in our group have received fellowships supported by: