For ColdQuanta’s team, ultracold matter matters

BOULDER — Workers at ColdQuanta Inc. believe that “ultracold” atom technology created with a device made by the company will be used in a variety of common applications in the future.

The technology may be used in inertial sensing devices that change a smartphone screen from vertical to horizontal, according to Evan Salim, a scientist at Boulder-based ColdQuanta. Or it can be used in submarine navigation devices and other navigation instruments, he said.

Magnetic field applications, which are used to figure out where to drill for oil or mine for minerals, could benefit from the technology, Salim said, as could the magnetic…