The Walsworth Group

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Harvard University Department of Physics

Research Overview

We are an interdisciplinary research group with a focus on developing precision measurement tools and applying them to important problems in both the physical and life sciences - from AMO physics, astrophysics and nanoscience to bioimaging, brain science and medical diagnostics. Current areas of research include:

• Precision tests of fundamental physical laws and symmetries using maser atomic clocks
• Using laser frequency combs as improved optical wavelength calibrators for astrophysics, with applications to exoplanet science
• Nanoscale magnetometry and spin physics with Nitrogen Vacancy (NV) centers in diamond, with applications in both the physical and life sciences
• Super-resolution optical imaging and functionalized electron microscopy for brain science and other bioimaging applications
• Development of novel NMR and MRI tools, with applications to basic spin physics and medical imaging

Our research is performed in laboratories at several locations:

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Harvard Center for Brain Science at the Northwest Building

Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging

 

• Recent News

  • Jun 10: Photos from last week's trip to Quebec City for DAMOP are up in the photo gallery.
  • Apr 26: A group paper on optical magnetic imaging of living cells has been published in Nature.
  • Apr 26: A group paper on solid-state electronic spin coherence time approaching one second has been published in Nature Communications.
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