James K. Thompson

@jila.colorado.edu

Professor and Fellow of JILA at JILA & Dept. of Physics
JILA and Dept. of Physics, University of Colorado, Bouldere

James K. Thompson


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RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, General Physics and Astronomy
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Scholar Citations

40

Scholar h-index

69

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Superradiance, Berry phases, and dark lasers in a strontium cavity-QED system
    JK Thompson
    Quantum Sensing, Imaging, and Precision Metrology IV, PC139201C , 2026
    2026
  • A chip-scale atomic beam for nonclassical light
    BJ Larsen, H Hensley, GD Martinez, A Staron, WR McGehee, J Kitching, ...
    Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXX, PC139000G , 2026
    2026
  • Simulation of topological superconductors and their competing orders using photon-mediated interactions
    A Chu, J Kwan, EY Song, SHP Chew, JK Thompson, AM Rey
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.17889 , 2025
    2025
  • Collective three-body interactions enable a robust quantum speedup
    H Zhang, A Chu, C Luo, C Maruko, EA Bohr, JK Thompson, AM Rey
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.06170 , 2025
    2025
  • Realization of three-and four-body interactions between momentum states in a cavity
    C Luo, H Zhang, C Maruko, EA Bohr, A Chu, AM Rey, JK Thompson
    Science 390 (6776), 925-929 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 6
  • Photon-mediated Three-and Four-Body Interactions Between Atomic Momentum States in a High-Finesse Optical Cavity
    E Bohr, C Luo, C Maruko, L Huzjak, H Zhang, JK Thompson
    Laser Science, JTu5A. 39 , 2025
    2025
  • Exploring Non-Equilibrium Phase Transitions in a Strontium Cavity-QED System
    SHP Chew, EY Song, DJ Young, J Kwan, Z Niu, C Wagner, VM Schäfer, ...
    Laser Science, JW5A. 49 , 2025
    2025
  • Realizing a non-classical light source with a chip-scale atomic beam via cavity-QED
    BJ Larsen, H Hensley, GD Martinez, A Staron, WR McGehee, J Kitching, ...
    Frontiers in Optics, FW6C. 4 , 2025
    2025
  • Solitons in arbitrary dimensions stabilized by photon-mediated interactions
    H Zhang, A Chu, C Luo, JK Thompson, AM Rey
    Physical Review Letters 135 (17), 173402 , 2025
    2025
  • Solitons in thermal gas stabilized by photon-mediated interactions in an optical cavity
    H Zhang, A Chu, C Luo, J Thompson, AR Ayala
    Haoqing Zhang, Anjun Chu, Chengyi Luo, James Thompson, Ana Rey Ayala , 2025
    2025
  • Symmetry-Protected Topological Optical Lattice Clock
    T Xu, A Chu, K Kim, JK Thompson, J Ye, T Esslinger, AM Rey
    PRX Quantum 6 (3), 030322 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Photon-mediated interactions for quantum sensing and simulation.
    J Thompson
    Bulletin of the American Physical Society , 2025
    2025
  • Exploring correlated hopping along a synthetic dimension in a strontium cavity QED system
    E Song, D Young, S Chew, J Kwan, AM Rey, J Thompson
    Bulletin of the American Physical Society , 2025
    2025
  • Many-body gap protection against Doppler dephasing and continuous lasing between momentum states in a strontium cavity-QED system
    Z Niu, C Wagner, VM Schäfer, J Cline, D Young, E Song, S Chew, ...
    Bulletin of the American Physical Society , 2025
    2025
  • A chip-scale atomic beam source for non-classical light via low volume atomic cavity-QED
    B Larsen, H Hensley, G Martinez, A Staron, W McGehee, J Kitching, ...
    Bulletin of the American Physical Society , 2025
    2025
  • Fast Entanglement Generation via Collective Three-Body Interactions in an Optical Cavity
    H Zhang, A Chu, C Luo, C Maruko, E Bohr, J Thompson, AM Rey
    Bulletin of the American Physical Society , 2025
    2025
  • Robust Entanglement-Enhanced Differential Phase Sensing
    C Kaubruegger, AM Rey, J Thompson, K Molmer, C Hotter, A Shankar, ...
    Bulletin of the American Physical Society , 2025
    2025
  • Progress in Continuous-Wave Superradiance and Gap Protection Against Doppler Dephasing in a High-Finesse Optical Ring Cavity
    Z Niu, C Wagner, VM Schäfer, J Cline, D Young, E Song, S Chew, ...
    Bulletin of the American Physical Society , 2025
    2025
  • Realization of cavity-mediated three and four-body interactions in a Bragg interferometer
    C Maruko, C Luo, E Bohr, H Zhang, A Chu, AM Rey, J Thompson
    Bulletin of the American Physical Society , 2025
    2025
  • Progress towards entanglement enhanced Bragg interferometer
    C Maruko, C Luo, E Bohr, L Huzjak, H Zhang, A Chu, J Wilson, ...
    Bulletin of the American Physical Society , 2025
    2025

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • A steady-state superradiant laser with less than one intracavity photon
    JG Bohnet, Z Chen, JM Weiner, D Meiser, MJ Holland, JK Thompson
    Nature 484 (7392), 78-81 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 698
  • Penning Trap Measurements of the Masses of , , and with Uncertainties ppb
    MP Bradley, JV Porto, S Rainville, JK Thompson, DE Pritchard
    Physical Review Letters 83 (22), 4510 , 1999
    1999
    Citations: 364
  • Deterministic squeezed states with collective measurements and feedback
    KC Cox, GP Greve, JM Weiner, JK Thompson
    Physical review letters 116 (9), 093602 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 341
  • Superradiance on the millihertz linewidth strontium clock transition
    MA Norcia, MN Winchester, JRK Cline, JK Thompson
    Science advances 2 (10), e1601231 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 315
  • A high-brightness source of narrowband, identical-photon pairs
    JK Thompson, J Simon, H Loh, V Vuletic
    Science 313 (5783), 74-77 , 2006
    2006
    Citations: 303
  • Cavity-mediated collective spin-exchange interactions in a strontium superradiant laser
    MA Norcia, RJ Lewis-Swan, JRK Cline, B Zhu, AM Rey, JK Thompson
    Science 361 (6399), 259-262 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 275
  • Exploring dynamical phase transitions with cold atoms in an optical cavity
    JA Muniz, D Barberena, RJ Lewis-Swan, DJ Young, JRK Cline, AM Rey, ...
    Nature 580 (7805), 602-607 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 261
  • Synchronization of two ensembles of atoms
    M Xu, DA Tieri, EC Fine, JK Thompson, MJ Holland
    Physical review letters 113 (15), 154101 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 259
  • Interfacing collective atomic excitations and single photons
    J Simon, H Tanji, JK Thompson, V Vuletić
    Physical review letters 98 (18), 183601 , 2007
    2007
    Citations: 243
  • Reduced spin measurement back-action for a phase sensitivity ten times beyond the standard quantum limit
    JG Bohnet, KC Cox, MA Norcia, JM Weiner, Z Chen, JK Thompson
    Nature Photonics 8 (9), 731-736 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 235
  • A direct test of E =mc 2
    S Rainville, JK Thompson, EG Myers, JM Brown, MS Dewey, ...
    Nature 438 (7071), 1096-1097 , 2005
    2005
    Citations: 234
  • Conditional spin squeezing of a large ensemble via the vacuum Rabi splitting
    Z Chen, JG Bohnet, SR Sankar, J Dai, JK Thompson
    Physical review letters 106 (13), 133601 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 225
  • An ion balance for ultra-high-precision atomic mass measurements
    S Rainville, JK Thompson, DE Pritchard
    Science 303 (5656), 334-338 , 2004
    2004
    Citations: 216
  • Cold-strontium laser in the superradiant crossover regime
    MA Norcia, JK Thompson
    Physical Review X 6 (1), 011025 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 186
  • Entanglement-enhanced matter-wave interferometry in a high-finesse cavity
    GP Greve, C Luo, B Wu, JK Thompson
    Nature 610 (7932), 472-477 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 178
  • Frequency measurements of superradiance from the strontium clock transition
    MA Norcia, JRK Cline, JA Muniz, JM Robinson, RB Hutson, A Goban, ...
    Physical Review X 8 (2), 021036 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 170
  • Direct comparison of two spin-squeezed optical clock ensembles at the 10 −17 level
    JM Robinson, M Miklos, YM Tso, CJ Kennedy, T Bothwell, D Kedar, ...
    Nature Physics 20 (2), 208-213 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 144
  • On-Demand Superradiant Conversion of Atomic Spin Gratings<? format?> into Single Photons with High Efficiency
    AT Black, JK Thompson, V Vuletić
    Physical review letters 95 (13), 133601 , 2005
    2005
    Citations: 137
  • Cyclotron frequency shifts arising from polarization forces
    JK Thompson, S Rainville, DE Pritchard
    Nature 430 (6995), 58-61 , 2004
    2004
    Citations: 107
  • Cavity-aided nondemolition measurements for atom counting and spin squeezing
    Z Chen, JG Bohnet, JM Weiner, KC Cox, JK Thompson
    Physical Review A 89 (4), 043837 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 105