People: Edwin Pedrozo-Peñafiel

Postdoctoral Fellow
Publications
  1. Z. Li, S. Colombo, C. Shu, G. Velez, S. Choi, M. Lukin, E. Pedrozo-Peñafiel, V. Vuletic, S. Pilatowsky-Cameo, and R. Schmied. Improving metrology with quantum scrambling. Science, 380(6652):1381-1384, June 2023.
  2. Z. Li, B. Braverman, S. Colombo, C. Shu, A. Kawasaki, A. Adiyatullin, E. Pedrozo-Peñafiel, E. Mendez, V. Vuletic, Collective Spin-Light and Light-Mediated Spin-Spin Interactions in an Optical Cavity. PRX Quantum, 3(020308), 2022.
  3. S. Colombo, E. Pedrozo-Peñafiel, A. Adiyatullin, Z. Li, E. Mendez, C. Shu, V. Vuletic, Time-reversal-based quantum metrology with many-body entangled states. Nature Physics, 1817(181), July 2022.
  4. E. Pedrozo-Peñafiel, S. Colombo, C. Shu, A. Adiyatullin, Z. Li, E. Mendez, B. Braverman, A. Kawasaki, V. Vuletic, D. Akamatsu, and Y. Xiao. Entanglement on an optical atomic-clock transition. Nature, 588:414–418, December 2020. View Abstract
  5. A. Kawasaki, B. Braverman, E. Pedrozo-Peñafiel, C. Shu, S. Colombo, Z. Li, V. Vuletic, Trapping 171Yb Atoms into a One-Dimensional Optical Lattice with Small Waist. Phys Rev A, 102(013114), 2020.
  6. A. Kawasaki, B. Braverman, E. Pedrozo-Peñafiel, C. Shu, S. Colombo, Z. Li, I. Ozel, W. Chen, D. Levonian, Y. Xiao, V. Vuletic, L. Salvi, A. Heinz, and D. Akamatsu. Geometrically asymmetric optical cavity for strong atom-photon coupling. Phys Rev A January 2019.
  7. B. Braverman, A. Kawasaki, E. Pedrozo-Peñafiel, S. Colombo, C. Shu, Z. Li, E. Mendez, Y. Xiao, V. Vuletic, M. Yamoah, L. Salvi, and D. Akamatsu. Near-Unitary Spin Squeezing in 171Yb. Phys. Rev. Lett., 122(223203), June 2019.
  8. B. Braverman, E. Pedrozo-Peñafiel, A. Kawasaki, V. Vuletic, M. Yamoah, and B. Zlatkovic. Robust kHz-linewidth distributed Bragg reflector laser with optoelectronic feedback. Optics Express, 27(26):37714-37720, 2019.
News
Thu November 2, 2023

The power of representation and connectivity in STEM education

CUA postdoc Edwin Pendrozo-Peñafiel served as one of the organizers for Bridging Talents and Opportunities: On Oct. 13 and 14 at the Wong Auditorium at MIT, an event called Bridging Talents and Opportunities took place. It was part of an initiative led by MIT Latinx professors and students aimed at providing talented Latinx high school...
Fri September 30, 2022

Edwin Eduardo Pedrozo Peñafiel is the winner of the 2022 Alejandro Angel Escobar National Award in Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences

Edwin Eduardo Pedrozo Peñafiel obtains this award among other reasons because the evaluating jurors considered that his research: The search for new Physics with Entanglement-Enhanced Optical Atomic Clocks is “a scientific advance in the frontier of physics that will revolutionize the precision of sensors and synchronization of computational processes.” They present this award “to a promising researcher who...
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Thu February 3, 2022

Reversing time for quantum-enhanced metrology

The group of Prof. Vuletic, at MIT, demonstrated that reversing the time in an atomic sensor can lead to a strongly enhanced sensitivity. With this time-reversal protocol, sensors can be operated with highly-entangled states which carry large statistical information close to the fundamental Heisenberg Limit.  Due to their fragility, these “superior” quantum states are extremely...
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Sun June 7, 2020

Entanglement-based Optical Atomic Clock beats the Standard Quantum Limit

Optical lattice clocks (OLC) are widely recognized as the next golden standard for timekeeping. Over the past decades, researchers around the world have made the second the best characterized among all seven of International System of Units (SI units), reaching an unprecedented fractional stability at few parts-of-ten-Quintillion (1019). Despite the tremendous effort of improving technology...
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Thu May 9, 2019

Near Unitary Squeezing

A group at the MIT led by Prof. Vladan Vuletić has recently generated significant amount of spin squeezing-a type of quantum entanglement-in an ultracold vapor of ytterbium-171. Spin squeezed states (SSS) can be used to overcome the standard quantum limit (SQL) which bounds state-of-the-art atomic sensors like optical clocks. The latter deploy a dilute vapor...
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Mon April 22, 2019

Direct Laser Cooling Rubidium Atoms

A group at MIT led by Vladan Vuletic has recently created a Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) of rubidium atoms with a new method, direct laser cooling. Many researchers have attempted this elusive goal in the past, but due to various complications resorted to reaching BEC through evaporation instead. Compared to cooling through evaporation, laser cooling is...
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Past Events
Fri April 19, 2019 2:00 pm
Location:MIT 26-210 and 26-214
Join CUA members to learn hands-on about some of the research that goes on in the CUA! Activities include a gum-drop model Ion Trap, a 6-foot Tornado Simulator, experiments with Liquid Nitrogen to see how ultracold temperatures change everyday objects, and a station to make your own holograms. The event will kick off with a...
Fri October 13, 2023 8:30 am
Location:MIT Wong Auditorium (Building E51)
This event is conceived with the purpose of creating a conducive environment to identify and support young talents passionate about diverse and crucial fields such as Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. At Bridging Talents and Opportunities, we are passionate about helping young talents reach their full potential. Our mission is to create a platform...