CHUNG Keng Yeow
PhD, Stanford University, USA (2001)
Associate Professor (Educator Track)

Email: phycky@nus.edu.sg
Office: S12-03-12
Tel: +65 6516 2989

Current Research

  • Use of laser-cooled atoms and Bose-Einstein condensates in ultra-high precision measurements.
  • Study the feasibility of using atom interferometers to detect effects of quantum gravity.

Selected Publications

  • Atom interferometry tests of local Lorentz invariance in gravity and electrodynamics. K.Y. Chung, S-W. Chiow, S. Herrmann, S. Chu and H. Muller, Physical Review D, 80, 016002 (2009). (Selected for a Viewpoint in Physics).
  • Atom-inteferometry tests of the isotropy of post-Newtonian gravity. H. Muller, S-W. Chiow, S. Herrmann, S. Chu and K.Y. Chung, Physical Review Letters, 100, 031101 (2008).
  • High-brightness atom source for atomic fountain. P. Treutlein, K.Y. Chung and S. Chu, Physical Review A, 63, 051401(R) (2001).
  • Measurement of gravitational acceleration by dropping atoms. A. Peters, K.Y. Chung and S. Chu, Nature, 400, 849-852 (1999).