October 1, 2021: Marius Gaudesius to join the group for postdoctoral research. Welcome Marius!!!!!
September 12, 2021: The beginning of single atoms
May, 2021: Welcome to our new post doc Akbar Jahangiri Jozani!!!!! \:D/
April 15, 2021: Grant was recognized by the Vice President for Research and Partnerships Annual Award for Excellence in Research Grants for obtaining extramural sponsored research awards of $1 million or more during the past year.
April 1, 2021: Apparently, the Easter Bunny likes cold atoms! Chocolates abound…

March 5, 2021: Congratulations team! Two new proposals have been awarded for experimental investigations of electrometry with Rydberg states and Matterwave interferometry. Contact Dr. Biedermann to join the team!
January 29, 2021: In collaboration with our friends at Sandia National Laboratories, three new papers are posted online!
- “Characterization of Suspended Membrane Waveguides towards a Photonic Atom Trap Integrated Platform,” arXiv:2101.00386 (2021)
- “Passively pumped vacuum package sustaining cold atoms for more than 200 days,” arXiv:2101.01051 (2021)
- “Membrane MOT in a Sub-Millimeter Membrane Hole,” arXiv:2011.06692 (2020)
August 11, 2020: In collaboration with our friends at Sandia National Laboratories, our new paper, “Characterization of Errors in Interferometry with Entangled Atoms,” has been accepted for publication in PRX, Quantum!
July 14, 2020: Cautious development continues on our new Cs experiment.

July 8, 2020: Our newest paper characterizing errors in interferometry with entangled atoms is posted online.
May 4, 2020: Welcome to our new group members: Jacob, Angela, Luke, Kevin and Alec!
February 18, 2020: In collaboration with our friends in the Deutsch group at the University of New Mexico and Los Alamos National Laboratory, our recent paper exploring a “Robust Molmer-Sorensen gate for neutral atoms using rapid adiabatic Rydberg dressing” was accepted in PRA rapid.
February 5, 2020: Snowing in Norman. Here’s a striking view of Lin Hall in the snow.
February 3, 2020: Dr. Hoang-Van Do has joined the group! Welcome!
February 2, 2020: Grant gives invited talk in San Francisco (Photonics West)
January 2020: Optical tables delivered to new lab space in Lin Hall!
January 7, 2020: Grant gives invited talk at Snowbird, Utah (Physics of Quantum Electronics)