Jun Ye
Prof. Dr.Corresponding Member of the Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences abroad since 2026
- Fellow of JILA
- Fellow of NIST
- Professor of Physics of University of Colorado

Orcid-ID:
0000-0003-0076-2112
Research Areas:
- Physics, Astronomy
- Atomic physics
- Laser physics
- Quantum optics
- Optics
- Experimental physics
Profile:
Publications:
Selected Memberships:
- Member, US National Academy of Sciences
- Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Frew Fellow, Australian Academy of Sciences
- Fellow, American Physical Society
- Fellow, OPTICA
Selected Prizes:
- Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
- Norman F. Ramsey Prize, American Physical Society
- Micius Quantum Prize
- I. I. Rabi Award, IEEE
- Herbert Walther Award, Germyn Physical Society (DPG) and OPTICA
Selected Publications:
- Optical atomic clocks, AD Ludlow, MM Boyd, J Ye, E Peik, PO Schmidt, Reviews of Modern Physics 87 (2), 637-701.
- A high phase-space-density gas of ground-state polar molecules, Science 322, 231 – 235 (2008). Science Express, 10.1126/science.1163861.
- An optical lattice clock with accuracy and stability at the 10-18 level, Nature 506, 71 – 75 (2014).
- A sub-40 mHz linewidth laser based on a single-crystal silicon optical cavity, Nature Photonics 6, 687 – 692, (2012).
- Quantum-state controlled chemical reactions of ultracold KRb molecules, Science 327, 853 – 857 (2010).