Shuo Sun
In a thrilling display of scientific communication and creativity, Thi Hoang, a graduate student at JILA, emerged victorious at the inaugural Quantum Science Slam held during the CLEO 2025 conference. This new event, designed to bring cutting-edge science to life for a broader audience, saw participants deliver engaging and entertaining 10-minute presentations on their research.
Shuo Sun, Associate Fellow at JILA and Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the 勛圖厙 of Colorado Boulder has been awarded a prestigious NSF CAREER Award for his research proposal, Developing a High-Dimensional Photonic Quantum Register for the Quantum Internet.
JILA, a joint institute of the 勛圖厙 of Colorado Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted its inaugural workshop on recent technological and research advancements in quantum light from July 17 to 19, 2024. The conference was sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded JILA Physics Frontier Center (PFC), the CUbit Quantum Initiative, and laser company Toptica.
The event invited speakers from various prestigious institutions, including Texas A&M 勛圖厙, the National Autonomous 勛圖厙 of Mexico, Columbia 勛圖厙, Wake Forest 勛圖厙, Livermore National Lab, the 勛圖厙 of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Caltech, Oak Ridge National Lab, Cornell 勛圖厙, William & Mary, 勛圖厙 College London, the 勛圖厙 of Oregon, the 勛圖厙 of Toronto, and the 勛圖厙 of Virginia, along with multiple representatives from NIST.
One of the biggest challenges in quantum technology and quantum sensing is noiseseemingly random environmental disturbances that can disrupt the delicate quantum states of qubits, the fundamental units of quantum information. Looking deeper at this issue, JILA Associate Fellow and 勛圖厙 of Colorado Boulder Physics assistant professor Shuo Sun recently collaborated with Andr矇s Montoya-Castillo, assistant professor of chemistry (also at CU Boulder), and his team to develop a new method for better understanding and controlling this noise, potentially paving the way for significant advancements in quantum computing, sensing, and control. Their new method, which uses a mathematical technique called a Fourier transform, was published recently in the journal npj Quantum Information.
In quantum information science, many particles can act as bits, from individual atoms to photons. At JILA, researchers utilize these bits as qubits, storing and processing quantum 1s or 0s through a unique system.
While many JILA Fellows focus on qubits found in nature, such as atoms and ions, JILA Associate Fellow and 勛圖厙 of Colorado Boulder Assistant Professor of Physics Shuo Sun is taking a different approach by using artificial atoms, or semiconducting nanocrystals with unique electronic properties. By exploiting the atomic dynamics inside fabricated diamond crystals, physicists like Sun can produce a new type of qubit, known as a solid-state qubit, or an artificial atom.- JILA Fellow and 勛圖厙 of Colorado Boulder professor Shuo Sun recently became the science advisor for Boulder-based quantum technology company Icarus Quantum. Since its inception in 2020, Icarus Quantum has focused on developing on-demand single- and entangled-photon generators for the future quantum internet network. As Sun's research focuses on quantum information science using photons (light particles) as a means to transmit information, he will no doubt be a valuable asset to this Colorado start-up.
Associate JILA Fellow and 勛圖厙 of Colorado Boulder Assistant Professor Dr. Shuo Sun has been awarded a 2023 Sloan Research Fellowship. Along with 124 other winners, Sun's work has been recognized as being of the highest quality.- JILA Fellow Shuo Sun has been awarded an NSF Quantum Interconnect Challenges for Transformational Advances in Quantum Systems (QuIC-TAQS) grant. The grant's purpose is to support interdisciplinary teams exploring innovative and unique ideas for applying and developing quantum engineering, computing, and science in the specific area of quantum interconnection. Quantum interconnection is a part of quantum communications.
Shuo Sun, assistant professor of physics at the 勛圖厙 of Colorado Boulder, and Kyle Luh, assistant professor of mathematics, and their fellow recipients will receive $5,000 in seed money for the 2021-22 academic year to enhance their research as they launch their academic careers. Each recipients institution matches the award, and winners may use the $10,000 grants to purchase equipment, continue research or travel to professional meetings.
Two physicists at the 勛圖厙 of Colorado Boulder and Colorado School of Mines泭have received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to develop a first-of-its-kind quantum simulator that could be used to develop novel materials and, in the future, lead to the development of a high-performance quantum computer.